Deforestation worksheet - Free Printable

Let me carefully match each term with the correct image by analyzing what each word means and what each picture shows.

First, I’ll list the terms:
a) Deforestation
b) Afforestation
c) Reforestation
d) Ecosystem
e) Clear cutting
f) Forest degradation
g) Slash and burn

Now, I’ll examine each image from top to bottom:

1. Top image: Large area of land where trees have been removed, leaving bare ground — looks like massive tree removal over hills. This matches deforestation (large-scale removal of forests).

2. Second image: People in yellow vests planting saplings in open land — this is *planting trees where there were none or few before*. That’s afforestation.

3. Third image: A slope with many cut stumps and leftover branches, but some small trees still standing — this looks like selective or partial removal, possibly forest degradation (decline in forest quality), or maybe clear cutting (complete removal in an area). Need to compare with others.

4. Fourth image: A forest floor covered with many cut logs and stumps, dense dead wood — this strongly suggests clear cutting, which removes all trees in a given area.

5. Fifth image: Fire burning through dry vegetation and trees — classic slash and burn, where vegetation is cut, dried, and burned to clear land.

6. Sixth image: A colorful, diverse scene with animals (elephants, giraffes, zebras), plants, waterfalls, trees — this represents a healthy ecosystem (interacting living and non-living things).

7. Seventh image: A woman planting a small tree in soil — this is reforestation, i.e., replanting trees in an area that was previously forested but lost trees.

Now let’s double-check tricky ones:

- Deforestation = large-scale permanent removal of forest (image 1 fits best).
- Clear cutting = removing all trees in a specific patch (image 4 — lots of stumps/logs, uniform removal).
- Forest degradation = forest still exists but is damaged (thinning, disease, selective logging) — image 3 shows a degraded slope with some trees left, so likely f).
- Slash and burn = cutting + burning (image 5 has fire + cut vegetation).
- Afforestation = planting trees on land that wasn’t forested (image 2 — open field, people planting).
- Reforestation = replanting after deforestation (image 7 — individual planting in what looks like former forest land).
- Ecosystem = biodiversity scene (image 6).

So final matching:
a) Deforestation → image 1
b) Afforestation → image 2
c) Reforestation → image 7
d) Ecosystem → image 6
e) Clear cutting → image 4
f) Forest degradation → image 3
g) Slash and burn → image 5

The question asks: “Write the letter next to the image”, meaning for each image, give the matching letter.

Since the images are listed vertically (top to bottom), the answer should be the sequence:
Image 1: a
Image 2: b
Image 3: f
Image 4: e
Image 5: g
Image 6: d
Image 7: c

So the final answer is the letters in order from top image to bottom image:

Final Answer:
a, b, f, e, g, d, c