Environmental Changes

What are the consequences of deforestation on the water cycle?

• Deforestation INCREASES TRANSPIRATION, leading to excessive precipitation

• Deforestation REDUCES TRANSPIRATION, leading to decreased precipitation, increased soil erosion, and altered river flow patterns.

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Explain the IMPACT of deforestation on the Amazon rainforest ecosystem.

• Deforestation has a NEGATIVE IMPACT on the Amazon rainforest ecosystem by destroying habitats

• Deforestation has a POSITIVE IMPACT on the Amazon rainforest ecosystem by creating new habitats.

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Overgrazing means ​ (a)   ​ grazing that causes ​ (b)   to a ​ grassland.

• excessive

• damage

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If a population of alligators DECREASES, then the population of storks will ​ (a)   .

• increase

• decrease

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• Less sediment flowed into the river because the fire heated up the soil and made it drier.

• The amount of vegetation increased and less sediment flowed into the river because the fire produced ash that mixed with the soil.

• More sediment flowed into the river because the fire destroyed most of the vegetation holding the sediment in place.

• More sediment flowed into the river because the fire disrupted animal habitats and caused animals to leave the area.

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Which is NOT an example of a natural environmental change?

• a beaver dam

• a hurricane

• a volcanic eruption

• a housing development

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What kind of environment change is this?

b

Short term

Long term

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• D

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• J

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• A

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• C

• D

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