Unit 3 Section 7 & 8: Sustainable cities and Deforestation

Population density in cities are low and so cities use less resources, produce more waste and generate more global greenhouse gases.  

• True

• False

Using tall buildings to create shade and structures to capture cooling winds helps reduce energy from fossil fuels.

• True

• False

Modern cities can be built using the smallest amount possible of ___________________ resources.

• Renewable

• Non-Renewable

•   Physical infrastructure

•    Building techniques

   Recognize the energy that can be exploited to provide electricity.

•    Fossil fuels

•   Masdar energy

• Hybrid low emission buses

• Solar and wind energy

It means the removal of trees.

•    Human development

•     Sustainability

•   Deforestation

• Afforestation

  Identify the cash crop.

• palm oil

•    maize

• potato

• wheat

Identify a problem related to deforestation.

• Growing plants in new areas we come across

• Using water power to generate electricity

• Global warming through areas that have been cleared by burning

• Being attentive during the class and raising hands to answer

Small areas of rainforest and other woodlands are destroyed every five years.

• True

• False

The forests are often found in poorer, __________________________ countries.

•   More developed

•   Less developed

•   Big power

• Small villages

Forestation destroys the habitat of many kinds of animals.

• True

• False