Deforestation

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

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Deforestation is caused by

• agriculture activities
• snakes
• banks
• schools

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How much forest is lost every minute?

• 20 football fields
• 20 feet
• 20 centimenters
• 20 inches

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Deforestation has an affect on the water cycle

• true
• false

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Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

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what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 
• Housing market
• Agriculture and Farming
• Paper mill

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What does deforestation effect?

• Plants and animals
• Our biosphere
• Humans
• All of the above

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What are the effects of deforestation ?

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

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The cutting down of selected trees in a forest so the growth of other trees is not affected.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

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Does deforestation contribute to global warming?

• No, trees aren't that important
• Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
• No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
• Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.

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