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Where are tropical rainforests found?

• near the equator
• near the polar ice caps
• in northern coniferous forest
• in mild temperatures climates

How does the Amazon Rainforest get its name?

• It is Amaz-ing.
• It is named after the Amazon River.
• It is in South America.
• It is a rainforest.

What percent of the earth's surface is covered by rainforests?

• less than 10%
• between 20 & 40%
• approximately 50%
• more than 75%

Which CONTINENT is home to the majority of the world's rainforests?

• South America
• North America
• Africa
• Australia

What is a green house gas?

• a series of small rivers that drain into a larger river
• a community of all living things
• removing or clearing away of trees from an area
• A gas that absorbs heat and reflects it back to earth.

Which country is home to the Amazon rainforest?

• Brazil
• Congo
• England
• Indonesia

___________ of all the world's plants and animals live in the rainforest.

• Over half
• One tenth
• One third
• One quarter

What is affecting the Amazon Rainforest?

• Deforestation
• Carbon Dioxide 
• Rain 
• Indigenous Groups 

Scientists believe that the Amazon rainforest creates ____% of the earth's oxygen.

• 10
• 25
• 50
• 75

What is the main conflict of land use in the Amazon?

• opposition by the government to the movement of farmers to the rainforest

• differences among many different groups over how best to use the rainforest

• conflicts between ranchers and farmers over how much land to clear in the rainforest

• arguments among environmental groups over how to preserve biodiversity in the rainforest