1. Catastrophic Events and Human Activity

2. Examples of catastrophic events caused by humans
Oil Spills

3. http://www. evostc. state. ak. us/Gallery/Images/spill/downloadable%20

4. http://www. evostc. state. ak. us/Gallery/Images/spill/downloadable%20

5. Chemical Spills

7. Nuclear Accidents
And
Nuclear Waste

10. Deforestation

11. On the southern margin of the Amazon, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, huge expanses of rainforest are being cleared by industrial soybean, sugar cane, and maize producers. (Photograph ©2006 Guido van der Werf, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.)

12.
“TOMS-EP measures the second largest ozone hole! The Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum on September 24, 2003, slightly larger than the North American continent, but smaller than the largest ever recorded, on September 10, “

13. Renewable Resources
A natural resource that can be used and replaced over a short period of time
Plants
Animals
Water
Oxygen
Soil

14. Non-Renewable Resources
Natural resources that cannot be replaced or may take thousands or millions of years to replace
Oil
Natural Gas
Coal
Minerals

15. Inexhaustible Resources
Cannot be used up
Wind
Sunlight
Ocean Tides