Question: Provide one reason why deforestation commonly occurs in a less developed country such as Haiti.
Answer: Deforestation commonly occurs in a place like Haiti because they need to use the lumber from the trees as a source of income.
Question: Describe one realistic strategy to reduce deforestation in a less developed country.
Answer: One strategy to reduce deforestation is to promote ecotourism in order to reduce habitat loss.
Question: Deforestation can affect water quality. Identify one change that can occur in the water quality of
streams within a watershed that has been deforested. Explain how deforestation can lead to this change.
Answer: There will be an increase in water temperature because there will be a lack of shade which leads to more solar radiation hitting the stream.
Question: Identify TWO environmental benefits, other than those related to water quality, of maintaining forest
ecosystems.
Answer: The first benefit is that it maintains biodiversity and the second is that it serves as a short-term carbon storage.
Question: DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR HAITI
1995 2015
Fertility rate (number of children per woman) 5.2 2.7
Life expectancy (years) 55 64
Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000) 85 48
Answer:
Question: Identify and discuss one factor in a less developed country that could contribute significantly to a
change in life expectancy, similar to what occurred in Haiti from 1995 to 2015.
(2 points: 1 point for correctly identifying a factor that increases life expectancy
Answer: One factor is an increased access to health care which raised life expectancy because there were fewer deaths from treatable diseases.
Question: Identify and discuss one economic or cultural factor in a less developed country that could contribute
significantly to a change in the fertility rate, similar to what occurred in Haiti from 1995 to 2015.
Answer: An increase in the education of women would make them more aware of choices for family planning.