Human Impact

What type of plant/tree is used to produce chocolate?

• chocolate seeds

• peanut butter plant

• chocolate tree

• cacao tree

What type of climates do cacao trees grow?

• arctic climates

• tropical warm climates

• super cold climates

• any climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is deforestation?

• building homes within the trees in a forest

• picking the seeds from thousands of trees in a forest

• the cutting down of a large amount of trees in a forest

• the planting of thousands of trees in a forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fill in the blank.

Cutting down trees creates _______ global warming.

• more

• less

• heavy

• open

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

How much of the Amazon rainforest has been cut for agriculture?

• 40%

• 50%

• 5%

• 20%

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What do plants and trees do to help reduce [make less] the carbon dioxide int he atmosphere?

• no one knows

• they trap the carbon dioxide within them

• they release large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• they do nothing with the carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

True or False:

Cutting down trees in the Amazon rainforest affects weather all around the world.

• sometimes

• maybe

• false

• true

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How are the people who are native to Brazil feel about the deforestation of the rainforest?

• they don't speak English so we don't know how they feel

• they feel positive about it

• they feel negative about it

• they feel nothing

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are some ways the rainforest helps the planet?

• it helps trap carbon dioxide, cycle water and creates rainfall

• it helps release carbon dioxide, cycle water and creates snow

• it helps trap carbon dioxide, cycle water and decreases rainfall

• it helps trap carbon dioxide, cycle water and creates fog

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?

• solar power

• wind

• hydro power

• oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4