Saving the Rain Forests

Which of these are real types of rain forest? (choose 3)

• subtropical

• temperate

• tropical

• cloud

• deciduous

Which of these is something that happens after people cut down rain forests?

• there will be more oxygen in the air

• there will be more water in the air

• there will be less rain, and there may be droughts

• millions of plants and animals will find new homes and continue to live

What is the name for things farmers grow just to sell, not for their own food?

• subsistence crops

• bananas, rubber, coffee, and palm oil

• cash crops

• sellable crops

Why does soil erosion happen after people cut down trees in rain forests?

• the trees' roots that hold the soil are gone

• the trees absorb more water from the ground

• the rivers become bigger and they wash away the soil

• after they clear the land, people build farms or houses, which cause erosion

Loggers often clear away large areas of rain forests so they can reach valuable hardwood trees. What do these loggers do with the non-hardwood trees they cut?

• they collect them and sell them to rain forest people

• they burn them or just throw them on the ground

• they use them to make crates and chopsticks

• the sell them because non-hardwood trees are also useful

Rain forests have a very high ____ because millions of different species of plants and animals live there.

• photosynthesis

• variance

• symbiosis

• biodiversity

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Which of these are reasons why we should protect rain forests? (Choose 4)

• it's bad to destroy the homes of millions of animals

• rain forests make oxygen

• we need rain forest resources

• clearing away rain forests creates more land for farming that we need to grow bananas, coffee, and rubber

• rain forests contain plants that may be useful as medicine, food, and other important things

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What are two things you could do as a school project to help protect rain forests?

• cut down fewer trees

• make a presentation to persuade people to use fewer wasteful things like wooden chopsticks

• send money to rain forest charities

• write an email to the Earth Summit

• travel to a rain forest in Brazil and plant new trees by yourself

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Why haven't scientists studied all of the plants in the world's rain forests to check if they can make medicine?

• scientists are not allowed to go to rain forests because they always destroy too many trees

• scientists are trying to test all the plants, but there are so many species and people keep destroying them

• scientists don't need to test all the plants because they already know which ones are useful

• scientists don't want to study all of them because that isn't a good way to discover new medicines or make money

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Which type of rain forest grows far from the equator?

• cloud forests

• tropical forests

• deciduous forests

• temperate forests