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WorksheetsWorld Atlas 19
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 7hrs 15mins
Relationships Within Places: (True or False) Plants grow all year in the Andes Mountains.
True
False
Relationships Within Places: (True or False) Part of Peru has a growing season of less than three months.
True
False
Relationships Within Places: (True or False) The growing season in most of northern South America is all year long
True
False
Relationships Within Places: (True or False) Southern Argentina's growing season is 8 to 12 months long.
True
False
Relationships Within Places: (True or False) Most of Brazil's growing season is all year long.
True
False
Using Geography: On the right side of the cross section are two degrees of latitude that represent the northern and southern boundaries. What are the latitudes?
14S and 27S
13S and 30S
11S and 12S
13S and 24S
Using Geography: What color in the legend represents over 10,000 feet above sea level?
Blue
Green
Brown
Black
Using Geography: Which country has more areas over 10,000 feet above sea level, Bolivia or Brazil?
Brazil
Bolivia
Using Geography: The land along what river has an elevation of 0 to 500 feet above sea level?
Paraguay River
Amazon River
Rio de la Plata
Iguazu River
Regions: What is the elevation of the Amazon Basin?
0 to 50 feet
2,000 to 5,000 feet
Regions: What is the elevation of the Brazilian Highlands?
500 to 1,000 feet
2,000 to 5,000 feet
Regions: What is the elevation of the Andes Mountains?
1,000 to 2,000 feet
Over 10,000 feet
Regions: What is the elevation of Patagonia?
2,000 to 5,000 feet
Over 10,000 feet
Regions: What is the elevation of Laguna del Carbon?
500 to 1,000 feet
Below sea level
Regions: Which area receives the most precipitation?
Along the Equator
Along the Tropic of Capricorn
Regions: Which area receives the most precipitation?
Southern Venezuela
Southern Argentina
Regions: Which area receives the most precipitation?
Western Peru
Eastern Peru
Regions: Which area receives the most precipitation?
Northern Chile
Southern Chile
Regions: Which area receives the most precipitation?
Eastern Brazil
Western Brazil
Regions: Which area receives the most precipitation?
Northern South America
Southern South America
Place: How many inches of precipitation does most of the Amazon rain forest receive per year?
over 100 inches
over 80 inches
under 60 inches
under 40 inches
Place: Is most of the Amazon rain forest found in northern or southern South America?
Northern
Southern
Place: Which South American Country has the largest area of rain forest?
Chile
Paraguay
Peru
Brazil
Place: Why are large areas of the Amazon rain forest being cleared?
Deforestation for farms and mines
Burning down
Poisonous trees are taking over South America
It isn't being cleared
Place: What does deforestation contribute to?
Loss of the rain forest
Erosion of the soil in the rain forest
Global climate change
Less trees to look at
Place: Tropical rain forests are an important source of what?
Helium and plant species
Nitrogen and animal species
Oxygen, plant and animal species
Hydrogen, plant and animal species
Place: Which four countries in South America have areas that receive only 0 to 10 inches of precipitation a year?
Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia
Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Brazil
Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Chile
Place: According to the caption under the photo of the Atacama Desert, this region can go without rain for years. In the Precipitation map legend, what color is used for this area?
Light blue
Yellow
Dark yellow
Brown
Place: The wettest places in South America get over 80 inches of precipitation per year. Look at the United States Precipitation map on page 44. How much precipitation does your area receive?
Approximately 40 inches per year
Approximately 50 inches per year
Approximately 60 inches per year
Approximately 70 inches per year
