FOREST

Question 1

The ___________ help create a special
environment which, in turn, affects the
kinds of animals and plants that can exist
in the forest.

Answer 1

Trees

Question 2

is a complex ecosystem consisting mainly of trees that buffer the earth and support a myriad of life forms.

Answer 2

FOREST

Question 3

are an important component of the
environment.

Answer 3

Trees

Question 4

____________ preserve life-giving species,
protect millions of living creatures, and
regulate the flow of water on earth.

Answer 4

Rainforests

Question 5

Tropical Rainforest

Answer 5

• Warm & humid
• Heavy rain
• Same climate year round
• Near equator
• Doesn’t snow

Question 6

Temperate Rainforest

Answer 6

• Snows during winter
• Rarely rains
• Changes year round depending on the season
• Usually far from the equator

Question 7

Causes of Destruction of Rainforests

Answer 7

1. Poverty drives people into the woods for fuel, food and work.
2. World’s growing demand for wood products (timber).
3. Poor government policies.
4. Global increase in the demand for forest products for building constructions, etc.
5. Government’s opening of the forest frontiers as a way to bolster the economy and relocate people in various settlement programs
6. Ever-increasing and growing number of people who live and continue to establish residence in the rainforest.

Question 8

Effects of Rainforest Destruction

Answer 8

1. If nothing is done to check global population
   growth and control tropical deforestations, there may be only 20,00 square miles of rainforest left in the world by the year 2050, and nothing by 2100.
2. The practice of slash-and-burn affects the uncut area, and the remaining trees suffer.
3. In steep areas, logging does not only destroy the forest, but also erodes bare grounds.
4. More than 1,000 tribes of indigenous people are close to extinction. The encroachment has led to repeated violence and lost lives, mostly among native rubber trappers and settlers.
5. Deforestation releases more than a billion tons of carbon into the air annually, contributing immensely to the greenhouse effect.

Question 9

World’s growing demand for wood products, which are?

Answer 9

timber (wood)

Question 10

– efforts to replant the forest – may be
done by either natural or artificial methods.

Answer 10

Reforestation

Question 11

Methods in Reforestation

Answer 11

1. Natural Reseeding
2. Seeding by Foresters
3. Planting