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Deforestation and Habitat Loss

This category deals with the causes and effects of changes in natural habitat. Examples would include questions about cutting down forests, plowing grasslands for agriculture, coral reef die-offs, and the natural process of succession.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of maple wood?

Pros:

•Strong

•Easy to maintain

•Aesthetically pleasing

•Hard to dent or scratch

•Dense

Cons:

•Reacts easily with temperature and humidity changes

What are the causes of commercial logging?

High demand for manufacturing with wood from the secondary sector.

What type of wood is used for making pencils?

Juniper wood most likely. It is a wood found from trees in the northern hemisphere.

What is the country with the largest area of boreal forests?

Russia. Most of the world's boreal, or taiga, forest is in Canada and Russia.

Why should deforestation continue?

It creates jobs in Brazil. One of those jobs could be replanting the trees, which would be like never cutting down the trees. :)

How many trees make 100 pieces of paper?

It all depends on the size of the tree and the size of a piece of paper. However, if you are talking about a large, full-grown tree and 81/2" x 11" paper, then it takes much less than one tree to make 100 pieces of paper.

How does industrial development cause deforestation?

Most people cut down trees in the forest to build houses, factories ,e.t.c. on that land

What are at least three environmental problems that life scientist are studying now?

They are studying things such as pollution, in all its forms; endangered species, and the causes of their endangerment; and the effects of deforestation on all life forms.

Related Information:

Many environmental problems are caused by our misuse of natural resources. Life scientist try to understand how we interact with, and affect, the world around us.

What are the two major zones in streams?

The two major zones are evident in streams: (The shallow water zone or rapid or rapid zones and of te first zone is (2)deeper water or pool zone. Characterized by shallow water where the velocity of current is enough to keep the bottom clean of silt and other loose mterials, thus providing a firm substance. This zone is largely occupied by benthic or periphytic organisms. Meanwhile the second zone has a reduced velocity of current silt and other loose materials tend to settlein the bottom providing favorable condition to the burrowing forms of animals.

What type of fire is on the Sun?

There wouldn't be fire on the sun. Fire is a chemical reaction of fuel combining with an oxidizer into new molecules. However, the sun is all plasma - no molecules at all. It's too hot for fire.

The Sun is almost entirely made of plasma (i.e., over 99%) both by mass and by volume. On earth, we encounter plasma in lightning, and also in a few other situations where temperatures are extremely high.

What do you call Ratrani tree in US?

the 'ratrani flower is called Chrysanthemum in english.

What are the advantages of strip logging?

-Local people manage the wood and they rather than large companies, earn an income from it.

-Using the portable saw mic and oxen means that there is no need to clear more forest to build roads for large vehicles.

-Local people do not lose their homes or way of living

-Only selected trees are taken away and the damage to other species is kept to a minimum.

You're welcome for the help. Faru x

What is the Effects of deforestration in people?

floods.........

..........damage to life....

..........damage to property/ crops destroyed..... no source of income

have to drink muddy water

intense load-shedding effects buissness