WorksheetsDeforestation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is one cause of deforestation?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
c)
Overbreeding birds in the wild
d)
Cutting down the tree in your backyard
2.
What is deforestation?
a)
Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
b)
Eating too much vegetables
c)
Going to a forest and pulling weeds
d)
Clearing the five trees in my backyard
3.
How much forest is lost every minute?
a)
20 football fields
b)
20 feet
c)
20 centimenters
d)
20 inches
4.
Deforestation has an affect on the water cycle
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide
a)
true
b)
false
6.
how much of the world do forests cover?
a)
63%
b)
.2%
c)
30%
d)
70%
7.
What are the effects of deforestation ?
a)
loss of habitat
b)
increased green house gasses
c)
soil erosion and flooding
d)
all of the above
8.
Does deforestation contribute to global warming?
a)
No, trees aren't that important
b)
Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
c)
No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
d)
Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.
9.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
10.
Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?
a)
trees soak up carbon dioxide
b)
trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
c)
trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
d)
trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil
11.
What is a carbon sink?
a)
Something that adds to the atmosphere.
b)
Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere.
c)
Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust.
d)
Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust.
12.
What is a carbon sink?
a)
Something that adds to the atmosphere.
b)
Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere.
c)
Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust.
d)
Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust.
13.
The Amazon rainforest is mostly in.
a)
United States
b)
Argentina
c)
Brazil
d)
Peru
14.
What are the most rainforest in South East Asia are located?
a)
Brunei
b)
Indonesia
c)
Malaysia
d)
Singapore
15.
Which animal live in the rainforest?
a)
Hyena
b)
Zebra
c)
Macaw
d)
Reindeer
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