SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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most residents rely on biofuels, such as wood, to heat their homes.
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suburbs are being carved out of the rain forest.
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more land is cleared for agriculture to feed urban residents.
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transportation systems, such as railroads and highways, require large quantities of lumber.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The largest contributor to habitat loss is deforestation for illegal cattle ranching. Cattle ranching is also the culprit for deforestation in Amazonia, where quadrants of land are slashed and burned. The clearing of forest for oil palm plantations, shown on the right, also causes habitat loss.
Detailed explanation-2: -Deforestation has been accelerating alarmingly in Central America during the past three decades. If that process is not slowed, there will be little but scrub forest left by the end of this century.
Detailed explanation-3: -Overgrazing has significantly altered the vegetation of many forest areas, leading to degraded scrub vegetation, and continues to be a threat to native vegetation. Most of the Caribbean’s forests have been lost to agricultural development.