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D - SS - Unit 6
Geography of Latin America - Environmental Issues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are causes of pollution in Mexico City? | overcrowding, industrialization, vehicle emissions & location |
| How does Mexico City's location cause pollution? | it lies at the base of two mountain ranges which traps the air pollution |
| What are the effects of pollution in Mexico City? | it causes damage to vegetation (plants) and animals, harm to the atmosphere & humans and acid rain |
| What is Mexico City doing to reduce it's air pollution? | the city is promoting public transportation (buses, subway, bikes, etc.) and testing buses that run on cleaner burning fuels |
| What is the government doing to reduce air pollution? | they put new restrictions on car use and they hold workshops to teach people about the environment |
| What are rainforests known as? | the "lungs of the earth" |
| Why are rainforests important? | they help convert carbon dioxide into oxygen |
| What do plants consume and release? | consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen |
| What do animals consume and release? | consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide |
| Why do tropical rainforests consume a lot of carbon dioxide and give off a lot of oxygen? | they have very dense (thick) vegetation |
| What are rainforests the home of? | the largest variety of plant and animal species on the planet |
| What has caused the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil? | road building, farmers cutting down forests to plant crops (Slash & Burn), cattle ranching, logging, mining & new settlements |
| What are the effects of the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil? | a loss of habitat for species, climate change, less clean air for humans, more soil erosion & soil depletion |
| How does the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil cause a climate change? | because there are less trees, more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere which causes the change |
| How does the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil cause more soil erosion? | because there are less trees, there is nothing to help keep the soil from eroding |
| How does the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil cause soil depletion? | rainforests have rich soil but when the trees are cut down the richness of the soil is reduced |
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