Suppose a Forest Is Cut Down and Replaced with Cornfields

question 23

Multiple Choice

Suppose a forest is cut down and replaced with cornfields.How would evapotranspiration rates be likely to change in this situation, if at all?

• A) Rates would not change, because corn also carries out evapotranspiration.
• B) Rates would increase, because corn is much more productive than trees.
• C) Rates would increase, because replanting corn every year increases evapotranspiration.
• D) Rates would decrease, because only trees, not herbaceous plants, can undergo evapotranspiration.
• E) Rates would decrease, because the corn surface area undergoing evapotranspiration is much smaller than the tree surface area.

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