Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Ministry of Education
School of …………
2023-2022
Grade: 5th
Subject: English

Environment
Teacher Name:
……….

Prepared By:
Saz Salah Hassan

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Table of Contents
What is the environment?...........................................................................................................3

The effects of gold mining.........................................................................................................3

The danger of ground water contamination?.............................................................................4

What is surface water contamination?.......................................................................................4

Grand water contamination vs surface water contamination.....................................................5

The effect of industrial mining...................................................................................................5

References..................................................................................................................................6

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What is the environment?

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. So that
means that if the environment is not hostable it won’t support life. Humans have been
polluting the earth for centuries.

The effects of gold mining

So, you might ask yourself why is gold mining bad for the environment?

Well, it is because it so hard to extract gold that you need to use a lot of toxic chemicals that
leave a lot of water

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The danger of ground water contamination?

It is one way that human causes very bad illness. It happens when bad substances such as
(gasoline, oil, road, salt, …. etc.) get in our sewage system, and then when that waste is
lumped up it is known as “mass flowrate”

What is surface water contamination?

Surface water contamination is very important because it can leave waste in our fish. And can
contain a lot of pathogens then cause illness, contamination can happen to these bad of water
(oceans, river and lakes)

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Grand water contamination vs surface water contamination
Grand water contamination Surface water contamination
1. It is caused by (Oil, Gasoline…. Etc.) 1. It is caused by (Plastic, Human waste)
2. Contaminates sewage 2. Contaminates (River, Oceans and Lake)
3. Mostly effects humans 3. Mostly effects organisms which as (Fish,
Dolphins, Turtles……. etc.)
4. Is better that surface water contamination 4. It worse that Grand water contamination

The effect of industrial mining

Also known as strip mining it has a very big impact on the environment it is a process in
which machines remove a lot of soil to expose material and then harness it. Harmful because
the machines work on burning fossil fuel.

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References
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Contamination In 31 Out Of 38 Districts. https://news.abplive.com/.
https://news.abplive.com/news/bihar-nhrc-issues-notice-to-govt-over-groundwater-
contamination-in-31-out-of-38-districts-1517096
2. From Extraction to Final Product: Following the Artisanal Gold Production Network in
the Eastern DR Congo – Wildlife Messengers. (n.d.). https://wildlifemessengers.org/gold-
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industry. Environment News | Al Jazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/14/inflation-or-pollution-tough-choice-
facing-china-steel-industry
4. Staff, F. M. (2019, May 8). What Is the Environment?
https://www.factmonster.com/math-science/earth-environment/what-is-the-environment
5. Types Of Water Pollution. (2022, November 7). Atlas Scientific. https://atlas-
scientific.com/blog/types-of-water-pollution/