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Question 14 of 25

Use the word bank below to answer the questions that follow:

landfills limiting factor nonpoint source
habitat destruction
stop
migration biodiversity carbon dioxide
reverse
carrying capacity commensalism selective cutting
extinction adaptation ozone layer population density
nonpoint source
succession fossil fuel ecological footprint
symbiosis point source competition cost-benefit
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If a forest ecosystem is removed through clear-cutting, many species of organisms that lived in that ecosystem disappear. Their loss is due to

Answer 1

Habitat destruction

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

habitat destruction

Step-by-step explanation:

A forest ecosystem offers a variety of ecosystem services and functions. Prominent among the services offered include habitats to a variety of fauna, watershed protection, carbon sequestration, etc.

When the trees in a forest are removed by clear-cutting, some of the services and functions specific to the tree layers cease. The various habitats provided are destroyed and the organisms that live in these habitats disappear.

Hence, if a forest ecosystem is removed through clear-cutting, many species of organisms that lived in that ecosystem disappear. Their loss is due to habitat destruction.