Deforestation Flashcards
1
Q
What is deforestation?
A
Deforestation is when people cut down trees for fuel and other stuff and leave that area blank.
2
Q
What are the trees used for?
A
For fuel
To make furniture and paper
Farmers burn the crops to make more land for crops
3
Q
What are some problems with deforestation?
A
- It causes over 50 species to become extinct everyday
- The plants could be medicine but they kill them without knowing
- Without roots the forest is most likely to have a landside
- Trees pump water into our atomasphere but people keep cutting them down
- Leaves fall into the soil and make it more nutrient
- They give us oxygen
- They produce 40% of our oxygen
