Unit1_Environmental Impacts of Logging

From shipping crates to paper bags, the logging  industry supplies  the raw materials for an array of products.

What does "array" mean?

• a strong effect

• plants

• protection

• a large number, a collection

However, this is not without untold harm to the environment.

What does "environment" mean?

• a strong effect

• loss of soil from action of water or wind

• protection

• the natural world

The damage includes habitat loss, pol­lution, and climate change, with the effects spanning the globe from the rain forests of Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America to the northern forests of Canada and Scandinavia.

What does "habitat" mean?

• protection

• food

• the natural area where a plant or animal lives

• damage to air, water, etc.

The  effects  of  logging extend beyond just the felling of a swath of trees.

What does "extend" mean?

• to catch

• to disappear

• to cut down

• to reach past, get bigger

The  effects  of  logging extend beyond just the felling of a swath of trees.

What does "fell" mean?

• to reach past, get bigger

• to cut down

• to disappear

• to catch

Nutrients, water. and shelter for plants, animals, and microorganisms throughout the ecosys­tem   are   also   lost;   many   life   forms-both  terrestrial   and   aquatic-are becoming endangered as forests vanish.

What does "terrestrial" mean?

• living on the land

• to cut down

• living in the water

• to reach past, get bigger

Nutrients, water. and shelter for plants, animals, and microorganisms throughout the ecosys­ tem   are   also   lost;   many   life   forms-both  terrestrial   and   aquatic-are becoming endangered as forests vanish.

What does "aquatic" mean?

• to catch

• damage to air, water, etc.

• to cut down

• living in the water

Nutrients, water, and shelter for plants, animals, and microorganisms throughout the ecosys­tem   are   also   lost;   many   life   forms-both  terrestrial   and   aquatic-are becoming endangered as forests vanish.

What does "nutrients" mean?

• a strong effect

• plants

• food

• protection

Nutrients, water and shelter for plants, animals, and microorganisms throughout the ecosys­tem   are   also   lost;   many   life   forms-both  terrestrial   and   aquatic-are becoming endangered as forests vanish.

What does "vanish" mean?

• to reach past, get bigger

• to catch

• to disappear

• to cut down

For example, the rainforest floor, home to myriad plant life as well  as  insects,  worms,  reptiles  and  amphibians,  and  small  mammals, relies on a dense canopy of branches and leaves to keep it healthy and intact.

What does "myriad" mean?

• many, numerous

• damage to air, water, etc.

• to prevent, slow down

• a strong effect