Palm Oil/Orangutan Review

Why are farmers planting more oil palms each year?

• Oil palms provide shade for local people and animals

• Farmers love the way it makes their land look

• It is used in many products that we consume and farmers make a lot of money from growing it

• Farmers are not planting more oil palms each year

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Increasing the amount of land used to grow oil palm farms results in....

• an increase in orangutan populations

• a decrease in orangutan populations

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What resources do orangutans need to survive and reproduce?

• Orangutans like to eat durian fruit

• Orangutans like to eat insects, like termites

• Orangutans like to eat oil palm fruit

• Orangutans need rainforest trees to swing from and nest in

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What happens to the tiger populations when oil palms are grown?

• Tiger populations decrease because oil palm trees are poisonous to them

• Tiger populations increase because they like to eat oil palm fruit

• Tiger populations increase because they like to hide in the oil palm trees

• Tiger populations decrease because the orangutan population decreases

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Rat and pig populations ________ in an oil palm ecosystem.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

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To solve the palm oil problem, some students suggested replacing palm oil with canola or soybean oil in some products. Is this a good solution?

• Yes, both of these types of oil require LESS land to yield 1 ton of oil compared to palm oil

• Sure! Everybody loves canola and soybean oil!

• No, both of these types of oil require MORE land to yield 1 ton of oil compared to palm oil

• I have no idea :(

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How does the palm oil industry impact the people in Indonesia?

• Farmers in Indonesia rely on the palm oil industry to make a living

• Farmers use the money for habitable shelter, food and education

• Oil palm isn't grown in Indonesia anymore

• Farmers usually lose money when they grow oil palm

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Define the term "population"

• A population is a type of food that protected species need to survive

• A population is an area preserved for endangered species

• A population is the number of ecosytems in an organsim

• A population is the number of organisms in an area/ecosystem

What happens between organisms when space and resources are limited? How does this affect the population?

• Organisms compete when resources are limited. This makes the population go down

• Organisms will share when resources are limited. This makes the population go up

• Organisms compete when resources are limited. This makes the population go up

• Limited space and resources does not have an affect on an organism's population

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What does the term "fluctuate" mean?

• To increase dramatically

• To go up and down

• To decrease dramatically

• Never changes, always stay the same