Question

Jason lives near a state park, and he likes hiking through the grassy trails that lead to a nearby lake. He appreciates nature and the surrounding components making up the ecosystem.

However, he often sees trash left near the lake, such as plastic bags floating near the shore.

Human activities disrupt the natural cycling of materials in an ecosystem. Identify and describe three human activities that negatively affect the ecosystem.

Answer 1

overpopulation- amount of people increase = amount of items they need increase such as houses ect- causes deforestation ect.

pollution- harm the enviroments (plastics take around 100 year to decompose)

burning fossil fuels - release tons of co2 gas

deforestation - removal of trees (they store co2 gas)