Deforestation Facts And Questions! Trivia Quiz
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Are you looking to learn some deforestation facts and questions? Deforestation is the act in which people cut down forested areas for different reasons with the major one being agriculture. This action has led to the estimation that in less than a hundred years, there may be no rainforest. Take up this quiz and get to see what new information you might gather from it.
- 1.How much of our planet is covered in forests?
- A.
4/5
- B.
2/3
- C.
1/4
- D.
1/3
- E.
1/5
- 2.How can forests be increased?
- A.
Natural regeneration
- B.
Planting new trees in previously unforested areas
- C.
Replanting trees in deforested areas
- D.
All of the above.
- E.
None
- 3.How much forest area is lost per minute because of deforestation?
- A.
10 football fields.
- B.
100 Square Acres
- C.
2 square miles.
- D.
None of the above.
- E.
A lot.
- 4.How much forest is destroyed each year due to deforestation?
- A.
An area about the size of Panama.
- B.
500 sq. miles
- C.
78,000 sq. Kilometers.
- D.
400 acres
- E.
None of the above.
- 5.What are some of the effects on the environment due to deforestation?
- A.
Loss of biodiversity & habitats.
- B.
Soil erosion.
- C.
Disrupts the water cycle-less water makes it to the atmosphere.
- D.
Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere-a cause of global warming. Less tress means less CO2 being removed from the atmosphere.
- E.
All of the above.
- 6.At the current rate of deforestation, it is estimated that half of the Amazon rainforest will be gone by:
- A.
2020
- B.
2075
- C.
2012
- D.
2200
- E.
2030
- 7.Rain forest land is most often cleared for?
- A.
Factories
- B.
Businesses
- C.
Pasture
- D.
Farmland
- E.
Parks
- 8.Farmland that is in a cleared area of rain forest can usually support crops for how long?
- A.
3 years
- B.
20 years
- C.
Forever
- D.
10 years
- E.
50 years
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