Deforestation in Africa

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Which of these is one cause of deforestation?
Options:
Making room for roads and heavy equipment,
Buying a christmas tree during the holidays,
Overbreeding birds in the wild,
Cutting down the tree in your backyard

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Making room for roads and heavy equipment

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What is deforestation?

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Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale.

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Deforestation is a result of: rain forest timber being exported all over the world, evil entrepreneurs who want to destroy the earth, money hungry banks that give out bad loans, the need to build schools for children.

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rain forest timber being exported all over the world

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Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

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true

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What is the leading cause of deforestation?

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Commercial logging

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What does deforestation effect?

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All of the above

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According to the United Nations, which country has lost 55% of its forests due to commercial logging? Options: Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Nigeria

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New Guinea and Cameroon have lost _________ due to deforestation.

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rain forests

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This is the destruction of trees and other vegetation

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deforestation

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Which is NOT a cause of deforestation in Africa? Options: clearing land for farms, logging, urban growth, Foreign Aid Programs

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Foreign Aid Programs