Amazon Rainforest (Recap)

The Amazon Rainforest lies between

• The Equator and the Tropic of Cancer

• The Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn

Answer explanation

CaNcer lies North of the equator

CapricOrn lies Opposite

Rainforests cover ________ of the Earth surface?

• 66%

• 6%

• 16%

• 26%

Answer explanation

Once covering 14% of land on Earth, rainforests now make up only 6%.

Alarmingly, since 1947, the total area of tropical rainforests has thought to have been reduced by more than half, to about 6.2 to 7.8 million square kilometers (3 million square miles).

_____% of all plant and animal species live in the Amazon.

• 5

• 50

• 55

• 25

How much of the world's oxygen is provided by the Amazon Rainforest?

• 20%

• 12%

• 25%

• 22%

Rainforest plants are used in ____% of medicines.

• 25

• 50

• 75

• 45

Select the methods of faming used in the rainforest

• step farming

• terraced faming

• slash and burn

• fire-stick farming

How do trees help to prevent climate change?

Answer explanation

As trees grow, they help stop climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon in the trees and soil, and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. Trees provide many benefits to us, every day.