Agriculture is a type of overconsumption. What is Agriculture and how could it be hurting rainforests?
Agriculture is the production and harvest of crops and/or livestock. It is hurting the rainforests because these farmers are cutting down trees to have a place to raise their crops and cattle.
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Which one is a natural cause of overconsumption?
a) fire
b) overpopulation
a) fire
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Which one is a human cause of overconsumption?
a) volcanism
b) introduction of invasive species
b) introduction of invasive species
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Which rainforest has the most overconsumption?
a) The Sinharaja Rainforest
b) The Amazon Rainforest
c) The Cambodia Rainforest
b) The Amazon Rainforest
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What is overconsumption?
The using up of goods that have an exchangeable value.
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Cattle Ranching is a major problem in the Amazon Rainforest. About how many million herds of cattle do you think live there?
a) 60 million herds
b) 70 million herds
c) 80 million herds
c) 80 million herds
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What does 'natural causes' mean?
something that happens because of nature or naturally, not by humans.
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What does 'human causes' mean?
something that is caused by humans, not natural or supposed to be happening.
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True or False: 80% of the deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is from farmers.
true, for Agriculture and Cattle Ranching
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Cattle Ranching is responsible for ___% of the land cleared by rainforests.
a) 65%-70%
b) 70%-75%
c) 75%-80%
a) 65%-70%
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Name a type of overconsumption.
ex. Logging, Agriculture, Over Population, Timber Harvesting, Cattle Ranching, etc.
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Volcanism is a natural cause of overconsumption. What is volcanism?
Volcanism is the phenomena connected with volcanoes or volcanic activity.
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Why is overpopulation becoming a problem for rainforests?
People are destroying rainforests to provide homes.
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Land area equivalent to ____ football fields are destroyed every 2 weeks in the Amazon. (approx.)
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
c) 7
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What is habitat destruction?
The process in which the natural habitat is destroyed and unable to support the species present.
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How many acres of land have been cleared for animal agriculture?
a) 260 million acres
b) 350 million acres
c) 500 million acres
a) 260 million acres
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Name an example of natural environmental change.
climate change
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Which of these is NOT an example of a human cause.
a) overpopulation
b) something we have the power to stop
c) something caused by nature
c) something caused by nature
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What is habitat loss?
The process of environmental change caused by humans or nature.
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How many square feet of rainforest are destroyed for hamburgers that originated from animals raised on rainforest land?
a) 35 square feet
b) 40 square feet
c) 55 square feet
c) 55 square feet
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What is the most popular type of overconsumption?
Cattle Ranching and Agriculture
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Is climate change an example of a natural cause?
Yes, climate change is a natural environmental change.
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Is habitat loss and habitat destruction mainly human caused?
Yes, because the humans are the ones cutting down the trees and causing the destruction of the habitats.
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What is the best solution to habitat loss?
CONSERVATION! :)
or
REPLANTING! :)
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Rainforests used to cover 14% of the Earths land surface, but now only covers around ___%.
a) 6%
b) 7%
c) 8%