The Amazon Rain Forest

The largest rain forest is the world is located in the basin of the Amazon River.

• True

• False

The Amazon River is the second world's largest river system, next to Nile River.

• True

• False

The source of the Amazon River is in Mount Everest.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The source is in the Andes Mountains of Western South America.

Most of the huge river and its many tributaries are in __________.

• Peru

• Brazil

• Portugal

It is the major trading centre for the products of the Amazon rain forest.

• Rio Negro

• Manaus

• Belem

It is the area of the forest that floods every year.

• Selva

• Varzea

• Terra Firma

This part of the forest experiences the wet and dry season. It is the surrounding forest of the Amazon Basin.

• Varzea

• Selva

• Terra Firma

This part does of the rain forest does not experience flooding.

• Terra Firma

• Selva

• Varzea

This infamous meat-eating fish has razor-sharp teeth. It rarely attacks people, but feed mostly itself to animals' flesh.

• Payara

• Pinirampus

• Piranha

This slow-moving animal hangs itself upside down in trees.

• Monkey

• Sloth

• Snake