History
What was the main method to clear land for early humans that harmed the atmosphere?
Lighting the land on fire
What is the tropical country in South America with the most trees cut down.
Brazil
What is the name for the effect of deforestation that kills other species and removes biodiversity.
Extinction
What eating utensil uses twenty five million trees each year to produce these.
Chopsticks
What is the name for a solution for deforestation which is a process of turning waste into new materials.
Recycling
What is the first recorded era of deforestation?
The Mesolithic Era.
What are the most common type of forests where deforestation occurs?
Tropical forests in South America.
Less of this is exchanged through the air because of deforestation.
Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide
What country in Africa is it illegal to harvest trees?
Rwanda
What is a state park that was visited to gain information on oak trees centuries ago.
Afton State park
What year was deforestation brought to America?
1492
What is the continent with the most deforestation?
South america.
What is the effect of too many people in one area that damages the socioeconomical system?
Overpopulation
What is the holiday of Oakdale when they give away free trees to their residents called?
Arbor Day.
What South American country encourages deforestation with their land taxes?
Brazil
300 million.
What used to be the main reason of deforestation in Brazil?
Paper production.
Why are hunters who rely on their job losing money and losing their jobs more and more every year?
Animal habitat loss due to deforestation so theres less animals and there's less hunting land.
What is the name for the USA act in which a person can be prosecuted for illegally buying imported wood?
The Lacey act
What country in South America pass the Deforestation Zero Act?
Paraguay
What fraction of the worlds habitable forests have been destroyed since the last ice age?
One third of the worlds habitable forests have been destroyed.
What is the continent with the least amount of deforestation problems?
Antartica
Whta is a climatic effect of deforestation?
Global warming
What is the full name for DNR (a group to protect natural resources)?
Department of Natural Resources.
What is the first step to restoring old oak forests to pre-deforestation conditions?
Spraying the fields with pesticides.