Value of Trees 1
Value of Trees 2
Historic Uses
Modern Uses
Deforestation
100
An example of this value is a bird's nest.
Animal Habitat
100
Example: Heat
Firewood / fuel
100
Example: Spanish Galleon / chuck wagons
Transportation
100
Example: Camrose Booster / Scribblers
Paper
100
Where the word "deforestation"
Prefix "de" means "down" so, cut forests "down"
200
Example: Taking in carbon dioxide from factories
Carbon Sink
200
Example: houses / chairs
Building materials
200
Example: Apples / oranges / plum
Food
200
Example: Rona / Home Hardware
Lumber
200
MacDonald's and Walmart used this deforestation product until Greenpeace campaigned against them.
Chicken Feed
300
Example: Producer-Consumer-Decomposer
Nutrient Cycle
300
Example: Carpenter / lumberjack / forest ranger / cabinet builders
Jobs
300
Example: Pine resin
Medicine (Pine resin was used like a bandaid)
300
Examples: Baby food / cereals / imitation bacon / pet food
Wood pulping by-products
300
Name 3 countries deforesting right now
Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Papa New Guinea, Indonesia
400
Example: Photosynthesis
Oxygen cycle
400
Example: Banff National Park
Beauty
400
The word "tree" comes from the German for "spear" and this use.
Weapons
400
Examples: Aspirin / Vic's Vapor Rub
Medicine
400
Two negative effects of deforestation
Losing carbon sinks, erosion, less biodiversity (animal habitat)
500
Example: Deserts getting bigger / dust bowls
Prevents Erosion
500
Example: Transpiration
Water cycle
500
Example: With this metal was able to be forged to make weapons and tools
Charcoal
500
First reason why trees were planted in cities.
Shade
500
Two reasons why these countries are deforesting
Farms, livestock, pulp and paper, soy, chicken feed
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