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Human interaction with a biome
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- 1DeforestationThe cutting down of trees in the rain forest
- 2Causes of deforestationIllegal logging
Industrial development(Mining/HEP)
Settlement
Intensive farming (Ranching & soya beans)
Population increase
Poverty - 3How much of the rain forest has been cut down?20%
5.5million km2 in total
15,000 km2 a year - 4How does deforestation impact the atmosphere?40% of Earth's air
Carbon sink
Stumps release stored carbon
Machines used release harmful gases - 5Valuable timber found in rainforestMahogney
- 6How much of rain forest logging is said to be illegal?75%
- 7Why are Asians buying up cheap land in Amazon?Lack of timber in China.
Needs timber to make charcoal
Need charcoal to purify coal - 8Name a large road built across Brazil to transport goods out of the region.Trans-Amazon highway
- 9List 4 impacts of deforestation on the rain forest biomeReduction in natives numbers
Impact on atmosphere/global warming
Loss of biodiversity
Loss of important plants
Soils become unfertile - 10What method do natives and large farmers use to clear the land?Slash & burn
- 11How big a supplier of soya beans in Brazil?2nd in the world
- 12What is subsistence farming?Farms only grow enough to provide form themselves --> may need another source of income.
- 13Name some valuable natural resources found in the AmazonGold, Iron, Diamonds, HEP, Bauxite
- 14Name a dam found in BrazilTucuri
Belo Monte
Balbina - 153 ways intensive farming harms the rainforestSoils damaged
Natural balance is disrupted (Native species die)
Introduction of non native species
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