25 Worksheet 25.

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1. Find the words which match the following descriptions. They may be
shown horizontally or vertically.

N B C D E F O R E S T A T I O N T Y S X
A M K L I O P Y C R E W Q A S D F G H J
F H J K L F D V O B N M C X Z A S D F G
F P L O I Y T W S E Q A S D F G H J K L
O Z E C V B N M Y S F G H J K L W E X Z
R Q A W E R T Y S U P L A N T A T I O N
E I C O P A S D T F G H J K L Z X C V B
S N H M A S D F E G H J K L Q W E R T Y
T Y I Q W E R T M Y U I O P A S D F G S
A S N F G H J K L Z X C V B N M A S D U
T P G Q E T R A N S P I R A T I O N O S
I P O I U Y T R E W Q A S D F G H J K T
O Z X C V B N M A S D F G H J K L Q W A
N P O I U Y H J K L N G F D S A Z X C I
V B H A B I T A T Q W D G H J L G N B N
M N B V C X Z A S U I O R W I L K J H A
P A X C V B N S D E R T Y U I K L G D B
Q W V R E F O R E S T A T I O N P O F L
L K H J G F D S Q W E R T Y U I O P M E
G R E E N H O U S E E F F E C T A B C D

a) Deliberate forest clearance by humans.

b) The planting of forest.
c) The way the air near the Earth’s surface is kept warmer because
the Earth’s long-wave radiation is trapped by water droplets, water
vapour, carbon dioxide, and other gases.
d) An area where animals can live.
e) The process by which plants lose water by evaporation to water
vapour through the pores in their leaves.
f) The downward removal of minerals in solution from the soil.
g) The inter-relationships between living plants and animals and their
non-living environment.
h) A large commercial tropical farm that grows a single crop.
i) The replanting of forest in an area which has been deforested.
j) The use of the environment without destroying it.

2. For an area of tropical rainforest that you have studied, explain how
humans have used the area and the problems that this has created.

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