Which of the following best explains why clear-cutting forests is more destructive than selectively cutting down trees in forests? a. clear-cutting eliminates all trees leaving none behind to maintain soil fertility or house native animals. b. clear-cutting places the land at greater risk for wildfires. c. clear-cutting makes land more attractive for human development. d. clear-cutting causes less soil erosion than selective cutting.

a. Clear-cutting eliminates all trees leaving none behind to maintain soil fertility or house native animals

Explanation:

The clear-cutting is a process that is very dangerous and harmful for the environment, but also for the humans on the long term. Through this process, the vegetation is totally removed, all trees and shrubs are eliminated. This leaves the soil barren and vulnerable, as it doesn't have a protection from the erosion, thus it is eroded very quickly. Also, the soil losses the plants that have been keeping its fertility at a certain level, so it become infertile very quickly. There's no trees left so that the area can recover, and it will take a very long period that the nature can recover at those places. The animals lose their habitats, so they die out, and the ones that are endangered may even go extinct.

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