Eco - Amazonia Effects

Question 0

What is the average density of different species in the Amazon Rainforest (in species/km^2)?

Answer 0

300 species per square kilometre

Question 1

Give 5 effects of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.

Answer 1

.Destroyed habitats

.Reduction in the no. of American-Indians

.Many rivers have been polluted

.More droughts

.Accelerating global warming

Question 2

What is the reduction in numbers of the American-Indians in the Amazon Rainforest?

Answer 2

From 6 million to 200,000

Question 3

Give a specific example of a tribe in the Amazon Rainforest and what effects deforestation has had on them.

Answer 3

The ‘Kayapo’ tribe, and they have been forced to live of reservations

Question 4

How has the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest managed to pollute it’s rivers?

Answer 4

Due to mining operations

Question 5

How has the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest led to less rainfall?

Answer 5

Fewer trees means less evapo-transpiration, and therefore less water vapour in the air, with less moisture, there is less rainfall and therefore more droughts

Question 6

How has the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest accelerated global warming?

Answer 6

Burning trees release huge amounts of greenhouse gasses such as CO2 into the atmosphere