Unit 7.5 Review Quiz

What ingredient in common household foods was determined to be a primary cause for orangutan extinction?

• Cacao (chocolate)

• Palm oil

• Soybean oil

• Sugar

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Orangutans are native to what two Southeast Asian islands (select two)?

• Sumatra

• Java

• Luzan

• Borneo

True or False: Orangutans can use palm oil kernels as a food source.

• True

• False

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What is the primary reason that palm oil is used over other vegetable oils?

• It is farmed away from high population areas

• One tree produces a lot more oil compared to the other oils

• It is tastier than other oils

• They grow in rainforest environments, which there are more of than other locations

Why do palm oil plantations tend to be in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.)? Select all that apply.

• Palm oil refineries have to be in Southeast Asia in order to make the oil

• Palm oil trees have a higher risk of burning down in other locations

• The current farmers want to keep growing palm oil

• Palm oil trees only grow in specific conditions

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True or False: A protected area is a place that cannot be used for agriculture (farming) or other industries, like nature reserves or national parks.

• True

• False

"Population density" is...

• The average number of individuals in a unit of area

• The total number of individuals across an area

• The average density (mass/volume) of a population

• The average size of animals in a population

Orangutans have a population density of about...

• 1000-3000 orangutans per kilometer

• 100-300 orangutans per kilometer

• 10-30 orangutans per kilometer

• 1-3 orangutans per kilometer

True or False: Orangutans have a very high population density, meaning that a lot of orangutans live in one square kilometer.

• True

• False

What increases the population of orangutans? (Select all that apply)

• Hunting

• Preventing deforestation or hunting

• Having access to more food sources

• Destroying rainforest fruit trees

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