What If All Our Trees Were Cut Down?

Cosmo explains the scope of deforestation. Approximately 15 billion trees are cut down every single year. How many trees on Earth? What types of forests does the Earth have?

Topic: Growth and Change in Plants

Cosmoriculum: 

• Assess ways in which plants are important to humans and other living things, and suggest ways in which humans can protect plants
• Assess the impact of different human activities on plants, and list personal actions they can engage in to minimize harmful effects and enhance good effects
• Describe how most plants get energy to live directly from the sun and how plants help other living things to get energy from the sun 
• Describe ways in which humans from various cultures use plants for food, shelter, medicine, and clothing
• Describe ways in which plants and animals depend on each other 
• Identify examples of environmental conditions that may threaten plant and animal survival

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