APES Ch 10 review
Chapter 10 Review
1A)Describe the Green Belt Movement founded by Wangari Maathai
Q)The Green Belt Movement is a movement that organizes poor women in rural Kenya to plant and protect millions of trees in order to combat deforestation.
A)Distinguish among an old-growth forest, a second growth forest, and a tree plantation
Q)An old-growth forest is an uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for several hundred years or more. Second growth forests are stands of trees resulting from secondary ecological succession. A tree plantation is a managed forest containing only one or two species of trees that are all of the same ages.
Q)What major ecological and economic benefits do forests provide?
A)Forests, through photosynthesis remove CO2 from the air and convert it into oxygen. Traditional medicines used by 80% of the world’s population are derived mostly from plant species that are native to forests.
Q)Describe the efforts of scientists and economists to put a price tag on the major ecological services provided by forests and other ecosystems.
A)Scientist have attempted to put a price tag on the major ecological services by determining the value of each depending on our usage of it. They arrived at an estimated $33.2 Trillion dollars per year.
3Q)Describe the harm caused by building roads into previously inaccessible forests.
A)Building roads in these once untouched areas of forest result in, increased erosion and sediment runoff into waterways, habitat fragmentation, and loss of biodiversity.
Q)Distinguish among selective cutting, clear-cutting, and strip cutting in the harvesting of trees.
A)Selective cutting is when intermediate-aged or mature trees in a forest are cut singly or in small groups. Clear-cutting is when loggers remove all trees in a certain area. Strip cutting is when loggers clear cut a strip of trees along the on contour of the land within a corridor narrow
1A)Describe the Green Belt Movement founded by Wangari Maathai
Q)The Green Belt Movement is a movement that organizes poor women in rural Kenya to plant and protect millions of trees in order to combat deforestation.
A)Distinguish among an old-growth forest, a second growth forest, and a tree plantation
Q)An old-growth forest is an uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for several hundred years or more. Second growth forests are stands of trees resulting from secondary ecological succession. A tree plantation is a managed forest containing only one or two species of trees that are all of the same ages.
Q)What major ecological and economic benefits do forests provide?
A)Forests, through photosynthesis remove CO2 from the air and convert it into oxygen. Traditional medicines used by 80% of the world’s population are derived mostly from plant species that are native to forests.
Q)Describe the efforts of scientists and economists to put a price tag on the major ecological services provided by forests and other ecosystems.
A)Scientist have attempted to put a price tag on the major ecological services by determining the value of each depending on our usage of it. They arrived at an estimated $33.2 Trillion dollars per year.
3Q)Describe the harm caused by building roads into previously inaccessible forests.
A)Building roads in these once untouched areas of forest result in, increased erosion and sediment runoff into waterways, habitat fragmentation, and loss of biodiversity.
Q)Distinguish among selective cutting, clear-cutting, and strip cutting in the harvesting of trees.
A)Selective cutting is when intermediate-aged or mature trees in a forest are cut singly or in small groups. Clear-cutting is when loggers remove all trees in a certain area. Strip cutting is when loggers clear cut a strip of trees along the on contour of the land within a corridor narrow