Habitat Destruction

Habitat Destruction

1. Why?

   • Extraction of Natural Resources
     • Fossil Fuels
       • Coal
       • Oil
       • Natural Gas
     • Metal Ores
   • Increased Land Area for...
     • Growing crops
     • Farming Livestock
     • Housing
       • Making furniture
       • Build homes
     • Road Making

2. How?

   • Deforestation
     • Definition
       • The cutting down of large numbers of trees
     • Effects
       • Loss of tropical rainforests
       • Soil Erosion
         • Difficult for the Rainforest to regrow
       • Flooding
       • Loss of a habitat for animals
         • Flora and Fauna Endangerment
       • Affects water Cycle
         • Less trees to perform transpiration
           • Less water goes into the atmosphere
             • Air becomes drier
               • Less rain falls
                 • Difficult for farmers to crow crops and raise cattle
       • Increase of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
   • Alter Food Webs
     • Humans can have a negative impact