Summary
Shifts from cities to forests to examine deforestation and habitat fragmentation — showing how removing large patches of forest ripples through food webs, water cycles, and climate.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
- What is deforestation? What are the main causes?
- How does losing a forest affect the water cycle in that region?
- How does habitat fragmentation threaten species that are not directly cut down?
- What are the trade-offs between clearing forests for farmland and keeping them intact?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: deforestation, habitat fragmentation, ecosystem, biodiversity, carbon, trade-off.
Try it: Research one deforestation hotspot (Amazon, Borneo, Congo Basin). Write three sentences: what is being cut, who is cutting it and why, and one known consequence for the ecosystem or climate.