Cause and Effect of Deforestation Article

What Is Deforestation?

• Getting the frost off the car window.

• Clearing forests and using the land for other purposes

• Planting trees in the forest.

• Using the forest for educational purposes.

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Deforestation has been happening for millions of years, however today the amount of deforestation has _________ from what it has been in the past.

• Increased

• Decreased

• Stayed the same

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that currently, humans destroy around _____ million hectares of forest every year.

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 15

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Although it happens around the world to some degree, around 95 percent of deforestation occurs in the _______.

• United States

• Tropics

• Brazil, South America

• Africa

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Humans deforest land for a number of reasons, but the biggest by far responsible for 90% of global deforestation is _______.

• Build Shopping Malls

• Build Roads/Highways

• Build Apartment Complexes

• Agriculture

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The production of paper is responsible for ______ percent of tropical deforestation.

• 35

• 13

• 27

• 59

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Why are trees a crucial tool for reducing global warming?

• Trees give off Oxygen we need to breathe. Without them there would be no air for us.

• Trees trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in their trunks, branches, leaves and roots.

• Trees provide shade that helps to keep our earth cool and protected from the sun's UV rays.

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Destroying these forests destroys animals and their homes. Every day, about _______

plant and animal species go extinct because of deforestation.

• 15

• 135

• 900

• 467

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Deforestation increases the rate that soil erodes

• True

• False

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What is the term for the removing or clearing away of trees from a forest?

• Erosion

• Deforestation

• Subsistence farming

• Terracing