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WorksheetsDeforestation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
what is the leading cause of deforestation?
a)
Diseases
b)
Housing market
c)
Agriculture and Farming
d)
Paper mill
3.
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
4.
What does biodiversity mean?
a)
Only one species in an area.
b)
The different amount of species in an area
c)
All abiotic life
d)
Nitrogen fixation
5.
There are 7 billion humans on planet Earth which leads to deforestation in order to farm to grow food for world population.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Which habitat has the most plants that will cure cancer?
a)
swamp land
b)
lake ponds
c)
woody forest
d)
tropical rainforest
7.
Which CONTINENT is home to the majority of the world's rainforests?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
8.
What is a disadvantage of deforestation?
a)
more timber available
b)
increased carbon dioxide in the air
c)
increased oxygen in the air
d)
more land for ranching
9.
The amazon is home to ____ of species in the natural world.
a)
5%
b)
10%
c)
15%
d)
20%
10.
Why are people cutting down the Amazon Rainforest? List two reasons.
a)
Space for cattle to keep up with the demand for beef
b)
Room for farmland
c)
Demand for condos
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