Unit 2B (Lessons 9 and 12) Review

Definition: Variety of plants and animals living in an area.

• Biodiversity

• Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

• Deforestation

• Tropical Rainforest

Definition: Process by which carbon and oxygen is exchanged between plants and animals.

• Biodiversity

• Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

• Deforestation

• Tropical Rainforest

Definition: Clearing away trees from a forest

• Biodiversity

• Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

• Deforestation

• Tropical Rainforest

Definition: Broadleaf evergreen forest found in regions near the equator

• Biodiversity

• Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

• Deforestation

• Tropical Rainforest

Definition: Finding ways to use resources without using them up.

• Sustainable Development

• Land Use Conflict

• Indigenous Peoples

• Climate

Definition: Disagreement over how to use a particular area of land.

• Sustainable Development

• Land Use Conflict

• Indigenous Peoples

• Climate

Definition: Natives of an area who have been conquered by others who came later.

• Sustainable Development

• Land Use Conflict

• Indigenous Peoples

• Climate

Definition: Pattern of weather over a long period.

• Sustainable Development

• Land Use Conflict

• Indigenous Peoples

• Climate

This group uses the Amazon for hunting, fishing, and growing crops on small plots of land.

• Native Amazonians

• Rubber Tappers

• Loggers

• Cattle Ranchers

This group uses the wants the government to protect their indigenous lands.

• Native Amazonians

• Rubber Tappers

• Loggers

• Cattle Ranchers