Deforestation and Desertification

Question 1

Permanently removing trees to make room for something besides the forest

Answer 1

Deforestation

Question 2

Causes of Deforestation

Answer 2

clearing land to build housing, logging of trees, agriculture, forest fires, mining

Question 3

Effects of Deforestation

Answer 3

Increased soil erosion, disruption of water cycle, reduced biodiversity, climate change, disruption of livelihood

Question 4

Solutions of Deforestation

Answer 4

Governments, Reforestation, Supporting Organizations, Minimize Paper Wastage, Use of Inexhaustible Renewable Energy, Education

Question 5

Process by which vegetation in drylands, i.e., arid and semi-arid lands, such as grasslands or shrublands, decreases and
eventually disappears

Answer 5

Desertification

Question 6

Categories of Desertification

Answer 6

Slight Desertification, Moderate Desertification, Severe Desertification, Very Severe Desertification

Question 7

Causes of Desertification

Answer 7

Drought, Overgrazing, Overcultivation, Removal of Trees

Question 8

A long period without rainfall

Answer 8

Drought

Question 9

Countermeasures & Prevention of Desertification

Answer 9

Reforestation, Fixation of Soil, Contour Trenching, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, Managed Grazing

Question 10

Natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation

Answer 10

Reforestation