61. Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed each year. Which of theseprobably does NOT result from the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests?a. an increase in CO2 in the atmosphereb. a decrease in the sources for new medicinesan increase in oxygen in the atmosphered. a decrease in the biodiversity of the rainforestC.

Alternatively, the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon Jungle, also known as Amazonia in English, is a…

61. Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed each year. Which of these probably does NOT result from the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests? an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere b. a decrease in the sources for new medicines an increase in oxygen in the atmosphere d. a decrease in the biodiversity of the rainforest a. C.

61. Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed each year. Which of these probably does NOT result from the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests? an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere b. a decrease in the sources for new medicines an increase in oxygen in the atmosphere d. a decrease in the biodiversity of the rainforest a. C.

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305389892

Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Publisher:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Chapter51: Ecology And The Biosphere

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8TYK: From which biome are trees excluded by periodic fires and grazing herbivores? a. tropical rainforest...

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