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Causes of deforestation AQA Geography GCSE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

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.

Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator where the climate is

a)

dry and cool.

b)

wet and cool.

c)

dry and warm.

d)

wet and warm.

10.

Which of the following lists the layers of a tropical rainforest from bottom to top?

a)

emergent layer, canopy, understory, forest floor

b)

understory, forest floor, emergent layer, canopy

c)

forest floor, emergent layer, understory, canopy

d)

forest floor, understory, canopy, emergent layer

11.

Trees in the tropical rainforest release oxygen and store

a)

carbon dioxide.

b)

coffee beans.

c)

nitrogen.

d)

soil.

12.

As more trees are cut down in the tropical rainforest,

a)

there is less farmland to plant crops on.

b)

there is more space for plants to grow and absorb carbon dioxide.

c)

more oxygen enters the atmosphere and slows the effects of climate change.

d)

more carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere and contributes to climate change.

13.

Which are the main causes of the deforestation?

a)

Illegal Minery

b)

Illegal cutting of trees

c)

Extensive cattle farming

d)

All the above

14.

What percentage of global deforestation is caused by agricultural expansion?

a)

74%

b)

19%

c)

47%

d)

6%

15.

What is the relationship between the amount of political corruption in a country, and the amount of illegal logging?

a)

More corruption = More illegal logging

b)

Less corruption = More Illegal logging

c)

Corruption has no relationship to illegal logging

d)

Illegal logging causes corruption