Deforestation

What does deforestation mean?

• Replanting of areas of forest which have previously been damaged or cut down.

• The planting of woodland or forest on land where there are no existing trees.

• When a forest is clear fell and the land is not replanted but used for something else.

Select the options below that are renewable energy sources:

• Coal

• Solar

• Wind

• Turf

• Wave

Trees act as air filters since they absorb what?

• Particle matter

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Minerals

Which of these is one cause of deforestation?

• Urbanization
• Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
• Overbreeding birds in the wild
• Cutting down the tree in your backyard

What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat
• increased green house gasses 
• soil erosion and flooding
• all of the above