Week 5 the Amazon River and Rainforest; Preservation

Around ______of our favorite foods come from the rainforest.

• 50%

• 60%

• 20%

• 80%

Mining and ______has caused much of the rainforest to be destroyed according to the Kayapo.

• flyovers

• fishing

• logging

• plaguing

The fight for Kayapo land has led to the protection of ______million acres of Brazil's rainforest.

• 2.5

• 3.8

• 1.9

• 6.7

Many plants in the ____have ______properties and are used to create _____.

• rainforest, inappropriate, medicine

• rainforest, poisonous, medicine

• rainforest, healing,

  medicine

• arctic, healing, poisons

There are several ______insects, plants, birds, fish and mammals that call the Amazon home.

• thousand

• million

• trillion

• billion

The largest rainforest in the world is located in______America.

• North

• South

• East

• West

A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger river or lake. Almost ______tributaries flow into the Amazon River.

• 1,000

• 1,300

• 1,100

• 1,700

The Amazon Rainforest covers ______ square miles.

• 2.300

• 230

• 230,000

• 2,300,000

What are foods that come from the rainforest? Choose one answer.

• coffee

• rice

• chocolate

• All 3 choices

Bauxite is a mineral found in the Amazon. It is used to make aluminum cans.

• True

• False