🌍 Part 1: Understanding Human Impact

1. Which of these natural events can be made worse by human activities?

Flooding

Earthquakes

Erosion

Droughts

2. Deforestation can increase flooding because:

Trees use up all the water

Tree roots help absorb rainwater

Trees create more rain

Trees prevent earthquakes

3. Fill in the blanks using the words: tangata, habitats, menslike

________________ (people) have a responsibility to protect natural ________________. When ________________ (human) activities damage the environment, animals lose their homes.

4. Match the human activity with its impact on habitats:

Building cities

Pollution from factories

Overfishing

Ocean ecosystems damaged

Air and water become toxic

Natural habitats destroyed

🌱 Part 2: Stewardship and Solutions

5. Explain what it means to be a steward of God's creation:

6. List three daily actions you can take to reduce your impact on habitats:

a) ________________________________________________

b) ________________________________________________

c) ________________________________________________

7. Choose a New Zealand habitat (forest, wetland, coast, etc.) and describe how human activities have affected it:

8. How does Genesis 2:15 ("The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it") relate to our responsibility for the environment today?