Question

Cutting down trees on a large scale called ?
A) Deforestation
B) Reforestation
C) Afforestation
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Forests are one of the most important parts of the terrestrial system. They nearly cover about one third of the Earth population and give the organic infrastructure to the diversity of life.

Complete answer:
Conservation of forest is one of the good practices of maintaining forest areas and planting for the benefit and sustainability of the ecosystem. As the Human population in the world is increasing, humans are clearing millions of acres of forest every year. Thus, deforestation is a serious threat to the most valuable ecosystems of the earth.

A) DEFORESTATION : Deforestation is known as forest clearance . Deforestation may occur due to human drive or natural loss such as increased fire incidence. The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change , fewer crops , flooding, soil erosion ,increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and creates problems for indigenous people as the effect of deforestation.

B) REFORESTATION: Reforestation is referred to as Replanting of plants that have been depleted has an effect of deforestation . It is used to rectify the effects of deforestation and improve the quality of human life.

C)AFFORESTATION: Afforestation is the process of planting trees or sowing seeds in human land to create a forest . Restoration of plants and animals for the next generation. Afforestation prevents soil erosion and stabilizes climate change .

Thus, the correct answer is Deforestation i.e, option ‘A’.

Note: Afforestation gives more benefits to human life such as maintaining oxygen levels in the atmosphere, facilitating the breathing of humans and other animals and plays an important role in ecological function. Deforestation leads to an increased amount of carbon dioxide emission and loss of biological diversity of plants and animals.