FORESTS AND THEIR CONSERVATION
ENTRY TEST
1. Which of the following serve as green lungs Chlorophyll
a. Forests
b. Greenhouse gases
c. None of the above.
2. Forests are not responsible for
a. Providing medicinal plants.
b. maintaining the flow of water into the streams
c. Creating flood conditions.
d. Absorbing rainwater and maintaining water table.
3. How does deforestation result in increased greenhouse gases?
a. Trees take in Carbon dioxide during photosynthesis
b. When trees are destroyed, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
c. Trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the evening when the sun is
not shining.
d. When trees are destroyed, they erode the soil releasing greenhouse gases into the
atmosphere
Scientific Vocabulary
1. Carbon Sink:
2. Deforestation
3. Reforestation:
4. Afforestation:
Concept Questions
Process Success Criteria
P Apply and use of knowledge of the forests and their
1 significance
P Analyze the given situation on cause and effects of
2 deforestation
P Evaluate the forests as a self-sustaining ecosystem with
3 relevant reasons and data.
1.
a. What is biodiversity?
b. Name the part of earth which supports a large biodiversity.
c. How do we benefit from this part?
d. Every component of this part of the earth contributes in making a self-sustaining
system. Defend this statement
2.
a. What is the major threat to survival of organisms in a forest?
b. Forests prevents droughts and floods. Explain.
c. Desertification is a type of land degradation in which relatively dry area of land
becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as
vegetation and wildlife.
Given below are related words with their definitions. Four of them describe the causes
and four the effects of desertification. Sort the statements into cause and effect.
d. Forests are a major storehouse of carbon. Associate this fact to global warming.
3.
a. In the ecological study of food interactions, what are autotrophic organisms
called?
b. How are heterotrophic organisms divided in the ecological study of food
interactions?
c. Trace the path along which energy transferred along a food chain?
d. Evaluate why a vegetarian diet is considered a more energy-efficient diet for
humans than a non-vegetarian diet.
4.
a. What is a food web?
b. Why is a food web more realistic than a food chain?
c. Study the food web below and answer the following :
i. In the pyramid of numbers there is an increase in numbers towards the
base. Mention a pyramid where the base will be smaller.
ii. Predict the impact of removing snakes from this food web
d. Construct a food web that may be operating in a forest ecosystem. The food web
should have at least 3 food chains. Identify animals connected to more than one
food chain in your food web.
EXIT TEST
1. How does forest protect the planet?
2. Why are forests important for mitigating climate change?
a. Forests serve as a sink in the carbon cycle.
b. Trees provide building materials
c. Trees are an important food source
d. Leaves of trees reflect all sunlight away from the Earth
3. Forest increases..........
a. Rainfall
b. Soil erosion
c. Flood
d. Air pollution
* Kindly make a graphic Organizer for the lesson.
* Critical thinking and IBT ques to be done from insight.
