TEK 8C Re-test

Which of the groups we read about would NOT be a cause of deforestation?

• Loggers

• Ranchers

• Farmers

• environmentalist

Despite the effect on the environment why does Brazil government continue to cut down trees?

• due to the increase in their economy

• They just need to replant the trees

• The Amazon is not located in Brazil

• It is the only way that they have access to the coast

What is ecotourism?

• responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strive to be low impact and (often) small scale (not ‘mass’ tourism).

• Doing something in a way that minimizes damage to the environment and avoids using up natural resources.

• a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human time-frames

• Economic development that is not able to be maintained at the current rate or level

What role does ecotourism play in sustainable development?

• The fact that you are using the environment for profit but not destroying any of the environment.

• there is no correlation between the two terms

• Cutting down trees and creating land for farming allows the population to survive.

• Using non-renewable resources has no affect on the environment but benefits the economy

Which of the following is one way that the rainforest is being damaged by human activity

• The promotion of ecotourist activities in Brazil.

• Trees are being cut down for economic reasons

• Indigenous people are killing endangered species.

• Environmentalists studying the Amazonian environment