SCIN 135 Lab 4

SCIN 135 Lab 4 

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Part 1 of 1 -         97.75/ 100.0 Points         

Question 1 of 14               5.0/ 5.0 Points  

Which example location did you choose to study?

                  

                A.Forest Fires in Yakutsk                                 

                B.Smallholder Clearing in Mozambique                    

                C.Deforestation in Paraguay                         

                D.Protected Area Loss in Cote d'Ivoire                     

                E.Kalimantan Palm Oil Plantations                               

                F.Sarawak old and new logging roads                        

                G.Finnish and Russian Forestry                 

Question 2 of 14               10.0/ 10.0 Points              

Using your own words, what is the cause of deforestation, as listed on the Global Forest Change map, for your study area?

Question 3 of 14               5.0/ 5.0 Points  

Click on Zoom to area  for your chosen example location.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

San Pedro de Jujuy

Question 4 of 14               15.0/ 15.0 Points              

In your example location set the map data product to Loss/Extent/Gain (Red/Green/Blue).

Describe the forest losses and, if present, any gains that you see using town names or other landmarks (borders, parks, rivers, lakes etc. depending on your example location) to help describe the location.

Question 5 of 14               15.0/ 15.0 Points              

Click on the Riau, Indonesia example location.

Take some time to study the map and written description.

Describe some of the similarities or differences in the cause of deforestation in your example area compared to the deforestation that occurs in the Riau, Indonesia example location.

Question 6 of 14               5.0/ 5.0 Points     

                 

654,178  landsat satellite images were used to create the global forest change map.

Question 7 of 14               5.0/ 5.0 Points  

Looking at Loss/Extent/Gain (Red/Green/Blue) data on the the Global Forest Change map for the United States, which state appears to have the most forest loss?

                  

                A.Alabama                            

                B.Alaska                                 

                C.Colorado                            

                D.Idaho                               

Question 8 of 14               5.0/ 5.0 Points     

                 

NASA satellite images were used to pilot a successful timber licensing system combing property maps with satellite imagery to document clearing that exceeded legal licensed limits in the country of  Brazil .

Question 9 of 14               4.0/ 5.0 Points  

NASA Tropical Deforestation Research includes (choose all that apply)

                  

                A. experimenting on how deforestation and climate change effect the Amazon                                  

                B. pioneering new technology for observing tropical forests                          

                C. funding national and international research into the causes of deforestation                    

                D. creating alarm products                             

                E. researching the impacts of forest flooding on carbon dioxide.                               

 

Question 10 of 14             10.0/ 10.0 Points              

List the 4 major categories of impacts from tropical deforestation.

Question 11 of 14             5.0/ 5.0 Points  

Tropical deforestation impacts climate by (choose all that apply)

                  

                A.disrupting rainfall patterns outside of the tropics                            

                B.creating a hotter drier climate                                   

                C.making peat wetlands more susceptible to fire                                

                D.increasing local rainfall due to heat island effect                              

                E.all of the above                            

Question 12 of 14             3.75/ 5.0 Points

Some underlying causes of deforestation are (choose all that apply)

                  

                A. agricultural expansion                                

                B. road and railway expansion                      

                C. low petroleum prices                                  

                D. foreign debt                   

                E. availability of industrial scale technology                          

Question 13 of 14             5.0/ 5.0 Points  

Between 1990 and 2005 the 5 countries that cleared the most tropical forest by area are:

Question 14 of 14             5.0/ 5.0 Points  

In the Amazon scientists estimate that the trees contain as much carbon as

                  

                A.1 years worth of human produced greenhouse gasses                                 

                B.5 years worth of human produced greenhouse gasses                                 

                C.10 years worth of human produced greenhouse gasses                               

                D.15 years worth of human produced greenhouse gasses