Tag: deforestation and its effect

Natural causes of deforestation are forest fires, droughts, exotic animals, floods, climate change, and overpopulation of foreign animals. All of these add to deforestation. Forest fires burn trees in large amounts. Many animals depend on trees for shelter. When a drought occurs, trees won’t have water to survive, also leaving animals without a stable home. Also, when animals that are not from the area come and make it their habitat, they take food, water and space up that need to be used by native animals. 

Deforestation is the permanent clearing of forests to make the land available for other uses. The main reasons for deforestation are overpopulation, urbanization, wood requirement, obtaining land for cattle-grazing. There has been a considerable decrease in the number of plant and animal species due to deforestation.  Other ill-effects are rise in pollution, global warming and soil erosion. Thus the correct answer is option D.

the correct answer is 'all of the above'

Cash crop economy of third world is a cause of deforestation is not true for deforestation rest all options  are the reasons for deforestation.

Deforestation and combustion of fuel increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Deforestation is the excessive cutting down of trees which increases the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. Fuels burns in the atmosphere in the presence of oxygen. Burning of fuel in the sufficient supply of oxygen leads to the production of carbon dioxide while the insufficient supply of oxygen leads to the production of carbon monoxide.

Answer is option D i.e. "All of the above"
Deforestation(disappearance of the forest) is when humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for non-forest use.

• Without trees, rain runs off soil into rivers and streams i.e soil erosion, raising the water level which leads to floods.
• When deforestation takes place it results in an increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere which results in global warming.
• If forests are destroyed, animals and other creatures of the forests will come out to human settlements searching for a place to stay. They will be killed more, thus leading to their extinction.