Forest and Deforestation

Which of these is one cause of deforestation?

• Urbanization
• Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
• Overbreeding birds in the wild
• Cutting down the tree in your backyard

Deforestation is caused by

• agriculture activities
• snakes
• banks
• schools

Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat
• increased green house gasses 
• soil erosion and flooding
• all of the above

Widespread deforestation is a major factor in causing which ecological process?

• famine
• erosion
• monsoons
• tornadoes

The tropical rainforest is the liveliest ______ on earth.

• ecosystem
• biosphere
• exosystem
• mountain range

Where can we find tropical rainforests?

• near the equator
• near the north pole
• near Cape Horn
• in the midwest United States

Review Question: What is the term for the destruction of the rainforest?

• deforestation
• environmental understory destruction
• ecosystem damage
• canopy collapse

Refer to the figure. State the country that is the largest palm oil producer for the year 2016/2017.

• Indonesia

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• Columbia

State the year with the highest number of wildfires in Brazil.

• 2014

• 2016

• 2018

• 2019