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WorksheetsLand Use Conflict in Amazon Rainforest
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the term for a variety of plants and animals living in one area?
a)
biodiversity
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
multi-plant forest
d)
deforestation
2.
What is using resources without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is considered?
a)
deforestation
b)
carbon-oxygen cycle
c)
sustainable development
d)
biodiversity development
3.
The Amazon provides ___ of the worlds oxygen.
a)
50%
b)
25%
c)
35%
d)
10%
4.
Which group has been in the Amazon Rain forest the longest?
a)
Settlers
b)
Loggers
c)
Native Amazonians
d)
Environmentalists
5.
After large tracts of rain forests are cleared by loggers & cattle ranchers the trees quickly grow back.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Loggers "clear cut" whole patches of the rain forest to find mahogany & rosewood trees. Define "clear- cut."
a)
loggers use an "angle cut" to chop the tree down
b)
loggers use a device that figures out the method to chop a tree w/out disturbing trees around it
c)
loggers cut down all of the trees in area & disguard those types not needed
d)
loggers clear long, narrow strips of forest land
7.
Which group does not impact the economy of Brazil (profit)?
a)
Loggers
b)
Cattle Ranchers
c)
Rubber Tappers
d)
Settlers
8.
Which of these feuding groups wants the land in the Amazon for "sustainable development"?
a)
Cattle Ranchers
b)
Loggers
c)
Settlers
d)
Environmentalists
9.
Which of these Feuding groups is not earning a profit from the resources in the Amazon?
a)
Native Amazonians
b)
Rubber Tappers
c)
Cattle Ranchers
d)
Loggers
10.
What do environmental groups want to do to the rain forest.
a)
Slow down development of forest.
b)
Find plants that could cure diseases.
c)
Save unknown species.
d)
All of the above.
11.
Why do settlers have a hard time farming?
a)
They have no experience.
b)
Most of the good farmland is owned by wealthy people.
c)
The soil has poor nutrients.
d)
All of the above.
12.
When large areas of rainforest are cleared
a)
trees always grow back
b)
they become grasslands
c)
environmentalists rejoice
d)
cattle ranchers get upset
13.
What do the environmental groups in the Amazon rainforest want to protect the most?
a)
ecotourism
b)
deforestation
c)
wetlands
d)
biodiversity
14.
What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest?
a)
clear larger areas of land to farm more
b)
used cleared land to raise cattle instead of crops
c)
plant crops that grow under the rainforest canopy
d)
encourage more poor farmers to migrate to the rainforest
15.
The Amazon Rainforest is located in
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Central America
d)
Europe
16.
Carbon-oxygen cycle is
a)
the making of carbon
b)
the making of oxygen
c)
both oxygen and carbon being cycled
d)
a waste product
17.
Indigenous people are
a)
City-dwellers
b)
First natives of an area
c)
Country-dwellers
d)
Colonists
18.
The Brazilian government
a)
gave settlers free land and seeds
b)
gave Native Amazonians new land
c)
gave cattle ranchers all of the rainforest
d)
works for free
19.
What has/is affecting the Amazon Rainforest?
a)
Deforestation
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Increased Rain
d)
Indigenous Groups
20.
Whose strongest claim is that they are strengthening Brazil's economy?
a)
Loggers
b)
Rubber Tappers
c)
Settlers
21.
Rubber Tappers collect sap from rubber trees w/out hurting them.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The reasons for deforestation in the Amazon Rain forest include "overpopulation."
a)
false
b)
True
23.
What is a Tropical Rainforest?
a)
broadleaf evergreen forest found in hot areas near equator
b)
the variety of plants and animals that live in an area
c)
a person who works to protect nature
d)
removing or clearing away of trees from an area
24.
Which layer receives the most sunlight?
a)
Emergent layer
b)
forest floor
c)
canopy layer
d)
understory layer
25.
Which layer receives the least sunlight?
a)
canopy layer
b)
understory layer
c)
emergent layer
d)
forest floor
26.
What is shown in the following picture?
a)
conservation
b)
desertification
c)
deforestation
d)
erosion
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