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Basic 2 · Religious and Moral Education · The Environment

Safe and Unsafe Environments

In this topic you will compare safe and unsafe environments and learn the effects of destroying the environment.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Describe a safe environment
  • Describe an unsafe environment
  • Name effects of destroying the environment

What you already know

  • Activities that destroy the environment

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
God’s creation and Attributes
Sub-strand
The Environment
Indicator
B2.1.2.1.2 – Demonstrate human activities that destroy God's creation or the environment

Introduction

When forests are cut and rivers are polluted, the weather changes. There may be too much heat, floods or too little rain.

1. Safe and Unsafe

Safe and unsafe environments
SafeUnsafe
clean waterpolluted rivers
many treesbare land
clean streetsrubbish everywhere
fresh airsmoky air
A green, clean village beside a polluted, bare one
Figure 1: Safe and unsafe environments Draw a safe environment and an unsafe one.Illustration: Sirbus

2. Effects of Destroying the Environment

  • climate change: the weather becomes very hot
  • floods and rainstorms
  • drought: little or no rain
  • famine: not enough food
  • sickness from dirty water

New words

climate change
A long-time change in the weather.
drought
A long time without rain.
famine
When there is not enough food.
flood
When water covers dry land.

Summary

  • A safe environment has clean water, trees and fresh air.
  • Destroying the environment causes floods, drought and famine.
  • We must protect the environment.

Class activity: Data Detectives

  1. Look at the photographs.
  2. Count how many show safe or unsafe places.
  3. Present your count to the class.

You need: Printed photographs of local galamsey, Bush burning, Charred wood, Discarded water sachet, Manila cause-and-effect chart

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. Which is part of a safe environment?

    • A. Clean water
    • B. Smoky air
    • C. Rubbish
    • D. Muddy rivers
    Show answer
    Answer: Clean waterClean water is safe.

  2. 2. A long time without rain is called…

    • A. Drought
    • B. Flood
    • C. Famine
    • D. Harmattan
    Show answer
    Answer: DroughtThat is a drought.

  3. 3. Destroying forests can change the weather.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueTrees help bring rain.

  4. 4. Famine means too much food.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseFamine means not enough food.

  5. 5. When water covers dry land, there is a ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: floodThat is a flood.

  6. 6. Write two effects of destroying the environment.

    Show answer
    Answer: Any two: floods, drought, famine, heat, sickness.These are harmful effects.

Homework

  1. Draw your community as a safe environment.