Pros and Cons Consequence of Changing the Environment
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Students will determine if changing the environment is a pro or con to the environment
Topics of this game:
- A wetland is drained to create farmland.
- A dam is built and causes soil to be washed away (erosion)
- A farmer uses fertilizer to add nutrients to the soil to help crops grow.
- Roads and highways are built to help transport goods to market
- Trees are cut down and animals lose their habitat.
- Wet lands act like giant sponges and reduces flooding.
- Building a dam creates a large lake good for boating and fishing.
- A farmer uses pesticides and kills good bugs like ladybugs.
- Ohio builds highways, and roadways which increases pollution in the air.
- Ohio forests are playgrounds for people who like to hike and camp.
- Wetlands filter water which makes it cleaner for animals and people.
- A dam is built which creates cheap electricity for the community.
- When trees are cut down, they can no longer filter and clean our air.
- Farmer uses herbicides to kill unwanted weeds.
- Building towns and cities create jobs for homes and jobs for people.
- Wetlands are drained and animal habitat is destroyed.
- Cutting down trees allows people to make and sell items in the wood industry.
- Pesticides and Herbicides can get into puddles and your pet could drink it.
- When a highway was built, it covered an important historic Indian site.
- Wetlands help to prevent soil erosion.
- A dam is built and water is stored for drinking water and the irrigation of crops.
- Forests are cut down so people can build places for homes, farms and stores.
- A farmer uses herbicides and it runs off into a pond; algae grows like crazy.
- Ohio becomes an major transportation center because of its location in the U.S.
- Half of Ohio's wetlands have been destroyed.
- Building a dam helps to prevent flooding.
- By 1900, most of Ohio's forest have been cut down.
- Eagles are eating polluted fish from pesticides and their eggs are not hatching chicks.
- Ohio's canals and roadways help industry transport the goods the grow and make.
- Wetlands are homes for fish, water birds, mammals, and insects.
- Creating a dam can cause the extinction of fish and other water species.
- Today, nearly one-third of Ohio is again forestland because of replanting.
- A farmer uses pesticides to kill unwanted insects.
- Hills and valleys are bulldozed to create roads and cities; this causes erosion.
- Old dams are being taken out return the land to its former self.
- Forest are great views for sightseers and photographers. Click!
- The tomatoes you got from the farmer have pesticides sprayed on them.
- Ohio's towns and cities grew larger because of it was able to transport its many goods.
- Building more and more highways and roads can make use more dependent on cars.
- Farmers are able to grow food for the growing population of the United States.
- A dam can help store water for a drought.
- Forest create a great place to go hunting.
- Using fertilizer helps a plant to grow larger.
- The many roads and highways can create traffic jams.
- When settlers came to Ohio, it had 5 million acres of wetlands.
- A cow eats plants that have been sprayed with herbicide and its milk is poisoned.
