What effect can deforestation have on wild animals?
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Correct answer: Their natural habitat can decrease
Forests provide wild animals with food, shelter, and safe places to breed. When forests are cleared, their natural habitat shrinks and becomes fragmented, making survival more difficult. Option A is the opposite: deforestation usually reduces food and water sources. Exam tip: remember “loss of habitat” as a key effect of deforestation.
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Their natural habitat can decrease
Why is this the correct answer?
Forests provide wild animals with food, shelter, and safe places to breed. When forests are cleared, their natural habitat shrinks and becomes fragmented, making survival more difficult. Option A is the opposite: deforestation usually reduces food and water sources. Exam tip: remember “loss of habitat” as a key effect of deforestation.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Forest Society and Colonialism. Topic: Why Deforestation?.
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