Deforestation 2

There is an estimated ______ million hectares loss of forest between 2004 and 2017.

• 13

• 33

• 37

• 43

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

Where are tropical rainforests found?

• near the equator
• near the polar ice caps
• in northern coniferous forest
• in mild temperatures climates

What does deforestation effect?

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

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.

Which of these will reduce deforestation

• Recycle as much paper as possible

• Stop paying third world countries to produce more biofuel crops

• Replant sapling immediately trees have been cleared

• All the above

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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