South America Deforestation & Vocab 3 Flashcard

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Reasons for clearing tropical rain forests: Farms, Roads, Houses.

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Military Bases

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Humans have been deforesting the Earth for:

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Thousands of years.

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Why are humans deforesting the Earth?

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They are poor.

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Biodiversity is having many different living things in one place.

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Having many different living things in one place.

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Negative effects of tropical deforestation include: Cures for diseases lost, unfit soil for crops, and carbon buildup causing global warming. What is NOT a negative effect?

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Humans could run out of building materials.

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Ways tropical forests are protected:

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Limiting visitors to prevent destruction of plants and animals.

Front

Area of high, flat land?

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Plateau

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Farm areas and countryside living?

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Rural

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Groups of people native to an area?

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Indigenous

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Chain of islands?

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Archipelago