Credits:
Photographer: Pok Shun
Part A : Danish
Part B&D : Pok Shun
Part C&F : Jing Yi and Eileen
Acknowledgement:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.google.com.sg/
http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/jkousen/Biology/impact.html
http://www.newagepublishers.com/samplechapter/000262.pdf
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/36528/1/Unit-6.pdf
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007231/intro.htm
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/science/science-ii/environment/activities-environment.php#
http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/pollution-affect-living-things-including-humans-2193.html
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
JSS CLASS 1-3 INFINITE(GROUP 4): JLP
Friday, 20 July 2012
Part D: Conservation efforts at Jurong Lake Park


In conclusion, we think that the authorities alone are not enough. We people, no matter Singaporeans or tourists, should also do our part in conserving these natural habitats for the animals and plants.
Part C: Impact of Man on Jurong Lake Park
IMPACTS OF MAN ON Jurong Lake Park
1) Littering
Humans polluted the environment by casually dumping litter, example, sweet wrappers, can drinks, cigarette butts, and plastic bags and bottles caps on the ground or into the lake. As such, they turned the originally clean and hygienic park into a dirty one. The lake is also filled with murky water, affecting aquatic life greatly. And as a result, many fishes were unable to adapt to their new environment and died. Our school, JSS (Jurong Secondary School ) and together with the
JSS teachers and students had noticed the various problems and decided to
raised these issues. I hope by doing so, many park users will be more aware of
their doings in the park. How is littering going to affect the park?
Litters like plastic bags, decomposed at a very slow rate
in the environment. The plastic will produce chemicals when they slowly
decompose and the chemicals are harmful to the plants. The animals eating the
plants will be affected in a way or another too. They also pollute the water
and the marine animals living in the lake. The plastic bags can trap fishes in
them and thus, due to lack of oxygen and food, the fishes will gradually die. Nevertheless, litter also destroys the beauty and scenery of
the park which make people avoid these areas. We hope that there will be more
users in the park and we can join forces together to protect the park for more
people to see and know.
2) Deforestation
Trees are very important as they produce oxygen for humans to breathe. Without them, we are not able to survive. Unfortunately, man is capable of introducing large amount of carbon dioxide into the environment through human activities which put an extra burden on nature in the ecosystems, which can upset the balanced state of the natural cycles. Some human activities include deforestation. It is evident that the increasing exploitation of land for human use greatly reduces the area of each wildlife habitat as well as the total area surface.
Deforestation can lead to:- Lesser species diversity, due to reduced habitable surface area.- The reduction of the size of habitats and thus reduces the
genetic diversity of the species living there.This has significant negative impacts on the organisms’ survival.
The conditions under which the reduction of habitats often occur prevent living
organisms making use of their normal ways to flee their threatened habitat.
Those escape routes include migration to other habitats and adaptation to the
changing environment. To make matter worse, when organisms cannot adapt to
their new habitats, they may die.

image of oil spill have
been taken on
1) Littering

Humans polluted the environment by casually dumping litter, example, sweet wrappers, can drinks, cigarette butts, and plastic bags and bottles caps on the ground or into the lake. As such, they turned the originally clean and hygienic park into a dirty one. The lake is also filled with murky water, affecting aquatic life greatly. And as a result, many fishes were unable to adapt to their new environment and died. Our school, JSS (

2) Deforestation
Trees are very important as they produce oxygen for humans to breathe. Without them, we are not able to survive. Unfortunately, man is capable of introducing large amount of carbon dioxide into the environment through human activities which put an extra burden on nature in the ecosystems, which can upset the balanced state of the natural cycles. Some human activities include deforestation. It is evident that the increasing exploitation of land for human use greatly reduces the area of each wildlife habitat as well as the total area surface.


3) Oil spill
image of oil spill have
been taken on Jurong
Lake Park .
We hope to prevent this from happening as it may affect the marine life which
includes the fishes. It is a form of pollution and it is mainly due to human
activities. It usually happens when products like crude oil is released from
tankers, off shore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well as spills of
refined petroleum products ( such as gasoline and diesel). It is suspected that
the pollution is caused due to many oil tankers that are parked near Jurong Lake
Park . The oil that is unconsciously
wasted flowed into the drains which are connected to the Jurong Lake .
Though oil spills can be controlled, but it may take weeks for chemical
dispersion, combustion, mechanical containment and absorption. It takes weeks,
months, or even years to clean up. Though it takes a long time, at least there
will be a certain changes done to the environment. But even so, it will affect
the marine life living in Jurong
Lake Park .
Part B: Grouping and naming organisms
Part
B: Grouping and naming organism
Animals and plants alike, each with its own
unique features are living together in their beloved home at Jurong Lake
Park . We may see them
often, but sometimes you will have to pay extra attention to spot some of the
unique creatures that tries to play “hide-and-seek” with you.
Squirrels
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Kingdom
|
Animalia
|
Phylum
|
Chordata
|
Class
|
Mammalia
|
Order
|
Rodentia
|
Family
|
Sciuridae
|
Habitat: trees
Tree trunk
spider
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Kingdom
|
Animalia
|
Phylum
|
Arthropoda
|
Class
|
Arachnida
|
Order
|
Araneae
|
Family
|
Hersiliidae
|
Habitat: tree
trunks
Cicada
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Scientific classification
using taxonomy
|
Kingdom
|
Animalia
|
Phylum
|
Arthropoda
|
Class
|
Insecta
|
Order
|
Hemiptera
|
Family
|
Cicadidae
|
Habitat: trees
(especially the trunks)
Toad
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Kingdom
|
Animalia
|
Phylum
|
Chrodata
|
Class
|
Amphibia
|
Order
|
Anura
|
Habitat: ponds/drains
Earthworm
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Kingdom
|
Animalia
|
Phylum
|
Annelida
|
Class
|
Clitellata
|
Order
|
Haplotaxida
|
Family
|
Megadrilacea
|
Habitat: muddy places where the soil is nutrition
enough
pong pong tree
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Scientific
classification using taxonomy
|
Kingdom
|
Plantae
|
Order
|
Gentianales
|
Family
|
Apocynaceae
|
Genus
|
Cerbera
|
Species
|
Cerbera
odollam
|
With these wonderful pictures of the
organisms living in Jurong
Lake Park ,
we hope that you will cherish the park and do not catch them and bring them to
your home. The concept is the same as an alien bringing you to another place
you don’t recognise. Also, try to spot as many unique creatures as you can too!
Part A: Introduction to Jurong Lake Park
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- Jurong Lake Park is a park full of life and activity.
- It is home to many different types of animals and plants and— sometimes are used as a recreational area for school’s co-curricular activities such as dragon-boating, cross- country and track and field.
- People in the public sometimes exercise or jog in the area and fishing is also a common activity at the lake
- Different plants and animals have taken refuge here, in the park and reproduced and made this park their home.—
- But with the deteriorating state of the Jurong Lake Park, the population of these organisms are decreasing and we must do something about it.—
- If we continue to ignore, there would be less plants and animals in the future for us to study.
- If most of the plants and animals disappeared, then the study on the blood of horse-shoe crab and plants with medicinal value will cease.—

- The Jurong Lake run, held this year 2012, was held to create awareness for a healthy lifestyle and to promote the area as it is in the Central Business District project launched by National Development Minister, Mah Bow Tan.
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