Deforestation Vocab

Having to do with areas near the equator.

• Biome

• Tropical

• Biodiversity

• Deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Clearing of a forest or stand of trees

• Deforestation

• Emissions

• Indigenous

• Slash and Burn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The production and discharge of something.

• Indigenous

• Slash and Burn

• Biome

• Emissions

A group of plants and animals that have common characteristics due to similar climates.

• Biome

• Biodiversity

• Tropical

• Indigenous

Variety and variability of life in a specific area.

• Biome

• Tropical

• Biodiversity

• Emissions

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Occurring naturally in a particular place

• Indigenous

• Emissions

• Slash and Burn

• Photosynthesis

General term for turning forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use.

• Deforestation

• Slash and Burn

• Tropical

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An agricultural technique used to create new fields. (How they cut down trees)

• Deforestation

• Slash and Burn

• Photosynthesis

• Indigenous

Example: gases being released from driving a vehicle.

• Slash and Burn

• Biome

• Photosynthesis

• Emissions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to make foods.

• Deforestation

• Biome

• Photosynthesis

• Indigenous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3