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    The document is an assignment sheet for a group project on the environmental issue of threats to biodiversity. The group was tasked with researching causes and effects, drawing connections between variables through diagrams, and presenting their findings. They identified overexploitation, urbanization, climate change and pollution as cause variables, and biodiversity loss, habitat destruction and climate change as effect variables. Their causal loop diagram showed climate change and biodiversity loss in a positive feedback loop, worsening each other. They realized international cooperation is needed long-term to protect wildlife from these threats.

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    The document is an assignment sheet for a group project on the environmental issue of threats to biodiversity. The group was tasked with researching causes and effects, drawing connections between variables through diagrams, and presenting their findings. They identified overexploitation, urbanization, climate change and pollution as cause variables, and biodiversity loss, habitat destruction and climate change as effect variables. Their causal loop diagram showed climate change and biodiversity loss in a positive feedback loop, worsening each other. They realized international cooperation is needed long-term to protect wildlife from these threats.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    CAMARINES SUR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES


    College of Engineering & Architecture
    Nabua, Camarines Sur

    Group Name/Number: Group 4 Course, Yr. & Sec.: BSME 3E


    Date: Score:

    Module-1

    BIOSPHERE & ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES


    Answer Sheet

    General Instruction
    1. Download the Module 1- Biosphere & Its Environmental Issues PDF File.
    2. Put your answers in this Answer Sheet.
    3. You can either make the diagrams electronically (using Loopy Tool or other diagramming
    tools) or manually through handwriting. If you manually create the diagrams on paper, you
    can scan them and paste them into this Answer Sheet.
    4. You will submit a PRINTED COPY of this ACTIVITY SHEET.

    TASK 1: Finding Causes and Effects of Environmental Issues


    1. Basic Information About the Environmental Issue
    Write here the basic and essential information you gathered through searching. Please properly
    cite the reference where you get the information. Paste all the references or links in the last part of this
    Answer Sheet.

    Overexploitation of natural resources, urbanization, climate change, and pollution collectively


    pose grave threats to biodiversity. Overharvesting and habitat destruction from urban growth, alongside rising
    temperatures and ocean acidification driven by pollution, lead to species extinctions, habitat loss, and
    ecosystem disruption. This endangers genetic diversity, increases vulnerability to diseases, and disrupts vital
    ecological relationships. Urgent action is imperative to promote sustainability, protect ecosystems, and integrate
    biodiversity conservation into urban planning to safeguard both nature and humanity and maintain the planet's
    delicate balance.

    2. Cause Variables and Effect Variables


    Write here all the cause variables and effect variables you identified after gathering information
    about the environmental issue you chose. Review your hand-out on the Different Systems Thinking Tools
    about the points to remember in labeling/naming the variables you identified. Some effect variables
    become cause variables when it affects other parts or variables within a system.

    Cause Variables
    -Urbanization
    -Over-Exploitation
    -Pollution
    -Climate Change

    -Education and Awareness


    -International Agreements

    Effect Variables

    -Biodiversity Loss & Extinction


    -Habitat Destruction
    -Climate Change

    -Wildlife Conservation Efforts


    -Sustainable Development & Planning
    TASK 2: Drawing the Connections

    3. Describing or Characterizing the Relationships Among the Variables


    a. Choose one cause variable and one effect variable.
    b. Describe or characterize their relationship by creating a Causal Link. Follow the steps
    in creating a Causal Link in your hand-out and on the recorded video tutorial. You can
    use the “Loopy Tool” to make the diagrams.
    c. Repeat this for the remaining cause variables and effect variables you identified.
    d. Do not forget to put labels or signs on the arrows of your causal links.

    4. Creating a Connection Circle Diagram


    a. Try to put around a circle all the variables you identified which have relationships.
    b. Follow the steps on how to make a Connection Circle Diagram in your hand-out and on the
    recorded video.
    c. Continue identifying relationships among the variables around the circle.
    d.Try to spot or recognize if there is any feedback loops formed in your connection circle.
    e. If any feedback loop is formed, create a separate causal loop diagram for each feedback loop you
    identified.

    5. Creating a Causal Loop Diagram


    a. If you found any feedback loop in your connection circle diagram, create a causal loop
    diagram for each feedback loop.
    Yes, Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss & Extinction
    b. Label your causal loop diagram, which is now your simple causal loop diagram.
    c. Describe the relationships among the variables which formed the feedback loop.
    That feedback loop as a positive feedback loop wherein Climate Change and
    Biodiversity Loss & Extinction effects cycles to get perpetually worse
    d. Try to include the other variables you identified and connect them with your simple
    causal loop diagram to make a more complex interconnection of the variables.

    6. What important insight, realization, or information can you get from the causal loop you
    created about the environmental issue you studied?
    Our realization is that if climate change continues both biodiversity and climate change will progressively worsen
    for they are in a positive feedback loop, additionally the cooperation of international government bodies to
    preserve and protect wildlife or the environment in general is truly necessary for a long term guarantee.

    Also Education and Awareness biodiversity loss in particular is vital for conserving Earth's diverse ecosystems
    and the myriad species that inhabit them. Understanding the consequences of biodiversity decline, including
    ecosystem instability, reduced resilience to climate change, and the loss of potential medical and agricultural
    resources, motivates individuals, communities, and policymakers to take action. Furthermore, education fosters
    sustainable practices, such as responsible consumption and habitat protection, which are essential for
    safeguarding the planet's ecological balance and ensuring a healthy environment for current and future
    generations.

    7. Please prepare a material (electronically or handwritten) that can help you present your diagram
    to the class.
    8. As you present, Please provide facts and findings from research related to the environmental issue
    assigned to your group.
    9. Submit a PRINTED COPY of this Answer Sheet.
    References: (Put all the links of your references where you get all the information about the
    environmental issue assigned to you.)
    Title: Climate Change Affects Biodiversity
    Website: Global Issues
    URL: https://www.globalissues.org/article/172/climate-change-affects-
    biodiversity#ClimatechangeimpactsonbiodiversityintheArctic

    Title: The Global Impacts of Habitat Destruction


    Website: National Geographic Blog
    URL: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2019/09/25/the-global-impacts-of-habitat-destruction/

    Title: How Does Air Pollution Affect Biodiversity?


    Website: Conserve Energy Future
    URL: https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/how-does-air-pollution-affect-biodiversity.php Title:
    Overexploitation - ScienceDirect
    Website: ScienceDirect
    URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/overexploitation
    Group Members
    Member’s Name Role or Task Accomplished

    Beni Deo Tataro

    Manuel Rafael Valeras

    Steve Dominic Sisno

    Regie Olleres

    John Cedrix Visitacion

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