Question

Q1.What is a terrarium? How does our the Earth act like a terrarium ?
Q2.Mention any three reasons behind the depletion of the rainforests at Amazon basin.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Life exists on Earth because our planet is like a giant greenhouse. Earth's atmosphere absorbs and holds heat from the Sun through a process called the greenhouse effect. To see a model of how this works, make your own miniature greenhouse or "terrarium" out of a clear container.

2. The rain forests are depleting because of the developmental activities that are going on at fast speed. The biologically diverse rain forests are being destroyed day by day. It is estimated that a large area of the rain forest has been disappearing annually in the Amazon basin.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Q.a terrarium is an artificial enclosure for keeping small house plants.

in this terrarium if you spray water once and close the lid the water from transpiration condenses and falls back as water .

hence, our earth acts as a terrarium as the water which is evaporated condenses and falls back again to the earth just like a terrarium.

Q.the three reasons for depletion of rainforests in amazon basin is as follows:

• The developmental activities are leading to the gradual destruction of the biologically diverse

rainforests.

• Large scale deforestation for construction of roads, industries and houses.

• For getting wood from forests in order to increase economical profit.

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