Ch. 12 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest provides an estimated _____% of the world's oxygen.

• 100

• 50

• 75

• 25

The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, people and animals is called

• sustainable development

• the carbon oxygen cycle

• biodiversity

• deforestation

Which of these groups is responsible for deforestation of the rainforest?

• rubber tappers

• native peoples

• logging companies

• environmental groups

Which of these do environmental groups in the Amazon Rainforest most want to protect?

• biodiversity

• ecotourism

• deforestation

• wetlands

Approximately _____% of the world's rainforests have been lost.

• 25

• 50

• 75

• 100

Using resources in a way that meets the needs of people without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called

• sustainable development

• biodiverstiy

• deforestation

• tropical rainforest

Divergent plate boundaries are when tectonic plates are moving _____ each other.

• away from

• toward

• past

____can be found at divergent plate boundaries.

• Volcanoes

• Seas

• Mountains

Convergent boundaries are when tectonic plates are moving _____ each other

• away from

• toward

• past

_____ can be found at convergent boundaries.

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Seas