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Arte-miy333 [17]
3 years ago
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Several medicines that treat human diseases have been sourced from plants in tropical rainforests. For example, quinine, which i

s used to treat malaria, was originally isolated from Cinchona plants in South American rainforests. As only approximately 10% of the plants in rainforests have been investigated for medicinal compounds, researchers predict that there may be many more plants with medicinal properties yet to be discovered in rainforests.
Deforestation of rainforests would most likely affect such plants by causing....
A)Habitat loss
B)Pollution
C)exploitation
Which could result in the....
A) use
B)growth
C)extinction
of some some plants with medicinal properties. This situation represents a risk to the....
A)indirect benefits
B)direct costs
C)indirect costs
D)direct benefits
humans receive from ecosystems.
Biology
2 answers:
RUDIKE [14]3 years ago
8 0

just did this on PLATO


Habitat loss, Exctinction, Direct benifits . Hope I helped!

fomenos3 years ago
5 0
A, C and and D (I think I’m not sure about the 3rd part)
Hope this helps! :)
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