Africa Environmental Issues and Biome Review

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What term describes the loss of vegetation and trees? Options: deforestation, desertification, desalinization, physical scarcity

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deforestation

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What region in Africa is most vulnerable to desertification? Options: Sahel, Savanna, Sahara, Tropical Rainforest

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Sahel

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Why does overgrazing lead to desertification?

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Loss of grass destroys the soil.

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What is a drought?

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A long period without rainfall

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Which region in Africa is most vulnerable to deforestation? Options: Sahel, Sahara, Savanna, tropical rainforest

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tropical rainforest

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True or false: Deforestation can lead to desertification.

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True

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What are the two reasons why safe, clean water is hard to find?

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water pollution and unequal access to water

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The lack of running water causes serious economic problems for African nations.

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True

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Increasing desertification will most likely causes________.

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a reduction in arable (farmable) land

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The process of the desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland is called

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desertification.