Transcript nature-environment

INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ
Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu
21. stol.
Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním
rozpočtem České republiky.
Animal Categories
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Amphibians – frog, salamander
Arthropods ("jointed feet") – insects (tarantula, cricket,
beetle)
Birds – sparrow, pigeon, crow, parrot, bird of prey
Mammals – there are app. 5,400 species of mammals
(blue whale)
Reptiles – crocodile, turtle, rattle-snake etc.
Animals vs. Humans
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Dangerous to humans – spiders, snakes, bear, lion,
hippo, viper, wolf etc.
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Domestic animals – livestock, sheep, chicken etc.
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Pets – cat, dog, guinea-pig, budgie etc.
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Animals used for work – horse, camel, donkey etc.
Typical Animals in the CR
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DEER – have antlers, widely hunted
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HEDGEHOG - easily recognized by their spines
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SQUIRREL - in the early 21st Century in the UK, wild
squirrel has become a more popular meat to cook with
showing up in restaurants?
FOX – typical features are a long, narrow snout, and a
bushy tail
SWALLOW X MARTIN – build mud nests, threatened
with extinction and generally endangered
Extinct and Endangered Animals
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Pre-modern – dinosaurs
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Modern – dodo, Bali tiger, golden toad
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Endangered species – Siberian tiger, Javan rhino, blue
whale, giant panda, snow leopard, albatross
Vulnerable – cheetah, wolverine
Animal Hunt
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Seal hunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrEu4buG5Pc&featu
re=related
Whale hunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrEu4buG5Pc&featu
re=related
Ropáci – Jan Svěrák, 1988 (fictive documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrEu4buG5Pc&featu
re=related
Plants
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About 350,000 species of plants
Photosynthesis - plants use the energy in sunlight to
convert carbon dioxide
Land plants are key components of the water cycle
Parts of plant/tree:
leaves/conifers - coniferous x broadleaf
stem/trunk
branches
roots
blossom
Devision of Plants
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Food - cereals (wheat, corn), vegetables, spices,
fruits, coffee, herbs etc.
Nonfood – woods (for construction, furniture making),
cotton (for clothing), medicines derived from plants
(quinine, morphine) + drugs (nicotine, opium)
Aesthetic uses – cut flowers, botanical gardens,
indoors and outdoors flowers
Negative effects – plants that cause allergic reactions
(hay fever), poisonous plants
Typical Plants in CR
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Trees – fruit trees, spruce, pine, oak, lime tree,
maple, birch, sequoia etc.
Herbs and flowers – camomile, daisy,
snowdrop, dandelion, peppermint, sunflower
Berries – raspberry, blueberry, strawberry,
blackberry etc.
National Parks in CR
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Šumava
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Krkonoše
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National Park České Švýcarsko
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Podyjí
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http://www.ochranaprirody.cz/
Air Pollution
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Includes smog, acid
rain and "holes" in
the ozone layer.
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Divided into outdoor
and indoor pollution
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Invisible pollution
Outdoor Pollution
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Smog is a type of large-scale
outdoor pollution
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It is caused by chemical
reactions between pollutants
derived from different
sources, primarily automobile
exhaust and industrial
emissions.
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The Greenhouse Effect, also
referred to as global warming,
is generally believed to come
from the build up of carbon
dioxide gas in the
atmosphere.
Indoor Pollution
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We spend indoors app 80% of
our lives
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Sources of indoor air pollution
- tobacco smoke, cooking and
heating appliances, and
vapors from building
materials, paints, furniture,
etc.
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Radon - a natural radioactive
gas released from the earth
Invisible Pollution - Noise
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Neighbours making noise
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Building sites
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Pubs and loud discos
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Car alarms that go off during
the night
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Roadworks
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Dogs that bark when people
walk past the house
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Heavy traffic, trains, plains
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People who play music loud
with the windows open
INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ
Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních
prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem
a rozpočtem České republiky.
Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním
rozpočtem České republiky.