Grade 8 23 Deforestation

​Human impact on the environment

​LO: Describe how human activity like deforestation affect the environment

​What causes deforestation?

​land to build houses

land for farming

land for building roads, etc

​What are the effects of deforestation?

Air pollution

​Global warming

Multiple Choice

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale

• Eating too much vegetables

• Going to a forest and pulling weeds

• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

Multiple Choice

Deforestation is caused by

• agriculture activities

• snakes

• banks

• schools

Multiple Choice

Deforestation has an affect on the water cycle

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 

• Housing market

• Agriculture and Farming

• Paper mill

Multiple Choice

What does deforestation effect?

• Plants and animals

• Our biosphere

• Humans

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat

• increased green house gasses 

• soil erosion and flooding

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Animal respiration

• Plants decaying

Multiple Choice

Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?

• It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 

• It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses 

• It leads to more factories

• It causes a major decrease in people

Multiple Choice

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

• Carbon Dioxide Gases

• Methane

Multiple Choice

Which biome is more biodiverse?

• Desert

• Sand

• Tundra

• Rainforest