P3 QUIZ EDU 652

A hotspot for mining, timber extraction, oil exploration, and narcotics plantations, this area has been heavily exploited for human industry. The result of deforestation and the expansion of urban cities, it is estimated that only 25 percent of the areas original vegetation remains intact. What place in western edge of South America is this?

As the result of rising temperatures on the continent, ________________ is experiencing rapid ice melt. If this massive ice cap were to melt, the ocean could rise over 200 feet flooding island nations worldwide (including those in Micronesia and Polynesia).

Since humans settled on these islands (between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago), thousands of species have gone extinct. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as much as a one-meter rise in sea level would submerge many of these islands by a minimum of 4 square miles.

It has an incredibly biodiverse area, home to over 15,000 different species of plants as well as a number of exotic animal species like the sun bear, clouded leopard, and orangutan. However, due to illegal logging, forest fires, and the introduction of palm oil plantations, this place lost more than 1.2 million hectares of rainforest per year between 1997 and 2000.

is one of the world’s endangered coral reefs. Fishing is the main source of income for many people in this region and as a result, reefs are over-exploited and subjected to damaging techniques such as blast and poison fishing.

According to the WWF, the ____________ is heavily threatened by habitat degradation as a result of human activities, ship traffic, water pollution, and the development of coastal areas.

According to the WWF, the ____________ is heavily threatened by habitat degradation as a result of human activities, ship traffic, water pollution, and the development of coastal areas.

a fracture or break in the Earth's crust along a line of weakness.

are caused by movement of crustal plates in the Earth's surface. Plates might grind against, or slide above or beneath one another.

Complete the factors that forces the change of landscapes.

1. Socioeconomic driving forces

2. Political driving forces

3. Natural driving forces

4. Technological driving forces