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Soil Erosion
Climate Changes
Species Extinction
Loss of Plant Sources
100
Rainfall, runoff, water, and wind.
What are some causes of soil erosion?
100
Desertification
What is a factor in climate change, that effect plants, that humans cause?
100
Introduction of exotic species, global warming, and reduced oxygen.
What are causes of species extinction?
100
Medcines, foods, growth supplements, and of course, oxygen.
What are some everyday things that would be gone if plants disappeared?
200
Steep and longer ground
What can put you at greater risk for soil erosion?
200
Warm and extreme weather, reduced snow pack, and rising sea level.
What can climate change effect/cause?
200
Amphibians
What is the highest rated endangered species type?
200
Plants are a major food source for animals
What is some things that can kill off animals that are from loss of plant sources?
300
Destroy habitats, decreased population,
What can soil erosion do to effect animals?
300
Global warming
What is another name for climate change?
300
Disrupted food chain, higher disease risk, economic impact.
What are some effects of species extension that effect humans?
300
Herbivores
What (animal) group would be most effected by loss of plant sources?
400
It can cause us to lose soil, so we lose food, our air becomes polluted, and contaminated water from dirt filled with pesticides being blown into water.
What can soil erosion do to effect people?
400
Burn fossil fuels and release CO2(carbon dioxide).
What do humans do that causes climate change?
400
140,000
What is the modern day species extinction rate?
400
46-58 thousand square miles.
What is about the amount of forest land lost each year?
500
Plant veggies and flowers, use geotextiles and mulch, and use retaining walls.
What can you do to help prevent soil erosion?
500
Sea ice will decrease.
What is something rising temperatures will cause?
500
65 million years ago.
How long ago were dinosaurs lives terminated?
500
Pharmacognosy.
What is the study of medicinal drugs?