Do Now: Amazon - The Lungs of Our Planet

Do Now: Amazon - The Lungs of Our Planet

Multiple Choice

What is the most important living organism in the Amazon Rainforest?

• Wildlife

• Trees

• Fungus

• Plants

Multiple Choice

What makes trees so important to humans?

• They absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide

• They absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen

• They absorb air and release oxygen

• They absorb smoke and release steam

Multiple Choice

Trees absorb the ________ from the atmosphere.

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Air

• Smoke

Multiple Choice

What does deforestation mean?

• Allowing frozen trees to thaw out

• Clearing away, cutting down, and removing trees and forests from the land

• Defunding the forest

• A fire station in the forest

Multiple Choice

The Amazon Rainforest is more than twice the size of the United States.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Amazon Rainforest is almost eight times as large as Texas.

• True

• False