Benchmark: Amazon Rainforest

The MAIN IDEA of chapter 3 is: The Amazon Rainforest is (a)   .

The Amazon is called the "lungs of the world" because it provides ______.

• skeletons

• photosynthesis

• carbohydrates

• oxygen

True or False: It is important that we protect the rain forest.

• false

• true

It is important to protect the rainforest so that....

• the farmers will have no land

• the plants and animals don't die

• the trees will be cut down

The Amazon Rainforest is important because

• 
  deforestation happens when all the trees are cut down

• it produces oxygen

A non-fiction passage that informs the reader by using facts and charts is called.....

• fictional story

• informational text

• persuasive writing

• mystery

What is THE Amazon?

• a website to order items

• a city in Delaware

• a desert

• a rain forest

Which animal is found in The Amazon?

• a whale

• a dog

• a toucan

• a dinosaur

PICK TWO ANSWERS: What can you see in the Amazon rain forest?

• colorful flowers

• baby beluga whales

• blue frogs

• sandy beaches

PICK TWO ANSWERS: Why is the Amazon rain forest important?

• it produces oxygen

• it produces acid rain

• it has sandy beaches

• it has many trees