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Dear Groups 1, 2 and 3 students, you will focus on global warming while Groups 4, 5 and 6 students will focus on deforestation.

Please watch the videos below and answer the following questions:

1) What are the effects of global warming/deforestation?
2) How does global warming/deforestation impact humans and other living things?
3) What should humans do to reduce the negative impact on the environment?

You are strongly encouraged to put up extra information you know about global warming and deforestation for your peers.
Hope to read your replies soon:)

Regards,
Ms Seow

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A)Deforestation is the clearing, destroying, or otherwise removal of trees through deliberate, natural or accidental means. It can occur in any area densely populated by trees and other plant life, but the majority of it is currently happening in the Amazon rainforest.

The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous people.

Deforestation occurs for a number of reasons, including: farming, mostly cattle due to its quick turn around; and logging, for materials and development. It has been happening for thousands of years, arguably since man began converting from hunter/gatherer to agricultural based societies, and required larger, unobstructed tracks of land to accommodate cattle, crops, and housing.

Further effects of deforestation include soil erosion and coastal flooding. In addition to their previously mentioned roles, trees also function to retain water and topsoil, which provides the rich nutrients to sustain additional forest life.

Without them, the soil erodes and washes away, causing farmers to move on and perpetuate the cycle. The barren land which is left behind in the wake of these unsustainable agricultural practices is then more susceptible to flooding, specifically in coastal regions.

B)

Completely turn off equipment like televisions and stereos when you're not using them.

Choose energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs.

Save water: some simple steps can go a long way in saving water like, like turning off the tap when you are brushing your teeth or shaving. Try to collect the water used to wash vegetables and salad to water your houseplants.

Lower your shades or close your curtains on hot days, to keep the house cool and reduce the use of electric fans or air-conditioning.

Let clothes dry naturally.

Keep lids on pans when cooking to conserve energy.

Use rechargeable batteries.

Call your local government to see if they have a disposal location for used batteries, glass, plastics, paper or other wastes.

Don’t use “throw away” products like paper plates and napkins, or plastic knives, forks and cups.

Send electronic greetings over email, instead of paper cards.

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1)The deforestation affect the earth by destroying the habitat for animals and plant. This will affect us because it will allow increase the extinction of animals and plant which will decrease the amount of oxygen on earth and it is decreasing the amount of food for us to consume so that we can respirate to make energy. Energy is important to us because we need it to work and other fuction of plant is to absorb the water from the soil. This will allow water in the soil to be absorb to the plant to prevent flood.
Another function of plant is hold the soil firmly. If the deforestation continues, it will affect the humans in future as all the soil on the mountain will come down to the land which will affect us by destroy of vehicles and lesser place to find food.

2)Deforestation can be solve by the reforestation.
Even though it will take a few years for the refirestation to be complete, that is the only way we can solve the reforestation now.

Extra information) All humans have intention that we have to build the road for us to move to another place faster. In that case, only thing we can do is reforestation. Even though all the humans say that we can decrease the deforestation, it will not going to happen now even if we reduce, recycle or even reduce. We all know that we need space for us to build the building for us to live.
This intention will be affect the earth. If this continues for more than ten years, we will not be able to stay in the earth. The rate of deforestation is increasing. The deforestation is causing by humans as we need to build more road to travel. Hence, reuse, recycle and reduce will not allow to decrease the deforestation. Most of the non-recyclable materials are causing the sea to be polluted. Only some of the non-recyclable are affecting the forest, infact, it is only affecting the animals and plant but not deforestation. Hence, there is no other way except for reforestation can allow the deforestation to be decrease for now.

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Deforestation is where trees are being cut down. Deforestation is a negative impact on the environment. Deforestation affects animals and plants. It affects animals by destroying its habitat. It also gets rid of the food for plant eating animals to lose their food. Humans cut down trees to get their paper and other wooden furniture. They also get rid of trees to make space to build houses, flats or other buildings. To make the process faster, humans burn down the trees,   which causes haze.
When trees get cut down, they release carbon dioxide into the air. Burning down trees, will cause even more carbon dioxide into the air. it causes the greenhouse affect which causes the earth to get warm. But too much of the greenhouse affect will cause global warming.
People can prevent deforestation by doing a process called reforestation. reforestation is the opposite of deforestation. Instead of getting rid of trees, trees are being planted.
We take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide. But plants take in carbon dioxide and gives out oxygen during photosynthesis. Hence, if more trees are cut down, we will get less oxygen.
When it rains heavily in a place where there are very little trees, there is no protection for the soil as it is a direct impact when the rain drops during rain hits the soil. Then, it causes a landslide.
there will also be less rain as there would be less water vapor as less plants can go through transpiration.

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We need to decrease the rate of deforestation. even though the wood is useful, the deforestation will lead us to lack of oxygen, increase of green house gas, the soil eruption and lastly, decrease the habitat for plant and animal.
The animals and plant are food for us to eat. If the number of plant decrease, like hundred years later,
we will not be able to stay on earth as there will be no oxygen. If that case happen, in worst case, it will lead us to transfer of planet and this will cause us to find new source of air for us to take in. I believe that there is more air we can take in to survive instead of oxygen. The oxygen might be able to be found in other planet but this will not allow us to adapt to the planet.
To prevent this case to be happen, we have to continue the reforestation as for now, this is the only way we can decrease the rate  of deforestation. For now, only thing we can do is reforestation.
this is the only thing we can do

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1a)Deforestation can have a negative impact on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. many cannot survive as their homes are destroyed. deforestation also drives climate change.
1B)The biggest driver of deforestation from humans is agriculture. Farmers cut forests to provide more room for planting crops or grazing livestock. Often, small farmers will clear a few acres by cutting down trees and burning them in a process known as slash and burn agriculture. source https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/
some animals may not adapt to their new homes,hence they will not survive.
2) humans should lower down on consuming wood.hence,less trees will be cut down and animal's homes will not be destroyed .
humans should also plant a tree . humans can plant back trees that they cut down.
humans can also go paperless.we can use other items than wood as a reliable source. eg.pencils
humans can also recycle and buy recycle products.we can recycle paper than throwing them,hence we can lower down the amount of wood being cut
we can use a recyclable bag than using a paper bag.hence we can lower down the amount of wood being cut .

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What are the effect of deforestation?
Deforestation is where trees are being cut down.
Deforestation is a negative impact on the environment.
The effect of deforestation is loss of habitat for millions of species it drives climate change.

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The impact of deforestation is soil errosion, loss of habitat for animals and plants and increase of global warming. Soil errosion will cause destroy of all the organism of the habitat on earth. Loss of habit for animals and plants will cause less food for us to eat and will produce less oxygen for us to take in and more caebondioxide to be release. It will cause global warming which is increasing the temperature of the earth. This will cause south and north poles to be melt which will cause increase the sea level and increase the rate of flooding a year.

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Only way we can solve the deforestation now is reforestation whivh is planting new plants on the land to increase the plant on the earth. If there are more plants on earth, it will decrease global warming and deforestation. We can only solve the deforestation by reforestation because there will be no other way we can solve it.