WorksheetsSQ - SS - Part 5
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
How much land does the Amazon Rain Forest cover?
About a million square miles
About 1.5 million square miles
About 2.3 million square miles
About 2.7 million square miles
About 3 million square miles
What is the Brazilian name for the Amazon Rain Forest?
Selva
Natural
Tierra
Bonito
Arbusto
Why is the Amazon Rain Forest in danger?
Pollution is destroying the ozone over the Amazon
Global warming is killing the trees
Logging, mining, and clearing land is destroying the forest
Increased carbon dioxide is keeping new trees from growing
What method of land clearing gas contributed to the release of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Diminish and abolish
Hack and hew
Log and clear
Slash and burn
How much of the earth's surface is covered with the tropical rain forest?
5%
6%
10%
12%
What is the average monthly temperature in the Amazon?
65 - 75 degrees F
68 = 78 degrees F
68 - 82 degrees F
70 - 85 degrees F
78 - 82 degrees F
About how much of the earth's oxygen is produced by rain forests?
20%
25%
30%
35%
50%
according to satellite images, about how many square miles of tropical rain forest is destroyed each year?
About 20,000 sq miles
About 25,000 sq miles
About 28,000 sq miles
About 30,000 sq miles
About 31,000 sq miles
About what percent of plants used in anti-cancer drugs comes from tropical rain forests?
25%
50%
65%
70%
75%
What is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amzaon?
Logging
Farming
Cattle Ranching
Mining
Where is the largest tropical rain forest in the world located?
Borneo
Hawaiian Islands
Congo
Amazon Basin
Indochina Peninsula
The Kyrenia shipwreck is historically significant because the ship was from...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Asia
The Norse
The Mary Rose was a ship in the army of which king?
King Ferdinand of Spain
King Henry VIII of England
King John II of Portugal
King Charles V of Spain
In what year did the Mary Rose sink?
1492
1519
1545
1595
1599
Why were salvage teams able to raise the Vasa almost fully intact?
The cold waters had preserved it
It had only been sunk for a few years
It was completely buried in sand which had preserved it intact
They were able to raise it very slowly which preserved it
For how much was he cargo of the Dutch trading ship Geldermalsen sold for after its recovery?
$1 million
$10 million
$15 million
$25 million
Why did the paddle streamer Central America sink off of the Atlantic coast?
Hurricane
Typhoon
Iceberg
Lightning Storm
What was the ship Central America carrying when it sank?
Over 4000 passengers
10 tons of gold mined in California
Pirate treasure
Original maps of Magellan's explorations
How were scientists able to survey the wreck of the Titanic?
They used SCUBA gear
They used Satellite images
They used Alvin
They used a submarine fleet
Why do farms not do well after rainforest land has been cleared?
The farmers don't have the necessary technology to be successful
There is too much rain to grow sustainable crops
The tropical weather makes it difficult to grow sustainable crops for profit
The rainforest soil is poor in nutrients making it difficult for crops to grow
The Amazon rainforest exists mostly in which South American country?
Brazil
Bolivia
Peru
Argentina
The Amazon is what portion of the world's rainforests?
one-eighth
one-fourth
one-third
one-half
What portion of all terrestrial species live in tropical rainforests?
one-eighth
one-fourth
one-third
one-half
What percent of the earth's oxygen is produced by tropical rainforests?
10%
15%
20%
25%
45%
What is the average rainfall in the rainforest?
20 - 45 feet
5 - 20 feet
25 - 45 feet
5 - 33 feet
How high do trees grow in the rainforest?
50 feet
100 feet
150 feet
200 feet
What percent of all cancer drugs are made from rainforest resources?
15%
25%
50%
70%
What percent of rainforest plants have been studied for their potential medicinal value?
About 30%
About 25%
About 10%
Less than 10%
Between 30% and 50%
About how much of the rainforest is destroyed each year?
about 25,000 square miles
about 30,000 square miles
about 40,000 square miles
about 50,000 square miles
A significant amount of rainforest is destroyed each year - about the size of which US state?
Texas
Ohio
South Carolina
California
What caused the Central America to sink?
Monsoon
Iceberg
Hurricane
Pirate attack
It is unknown
When did the Central America sink?
1545
1628
1857
1752
300 BCE
What country owned the Central America?
Greece
Great Britain
Sweeden
United States
Netherlands
What country owned the Geldermalsen?
Greece
Great Britain
Sweeden
United States
Netherlands
What country owned the Vasa?
Greece
Great Britain
Sweeden
United States
Netherlands
What country owned the Mary Rose?
Greece
Great Britain
Sweeden
United States
Netherlands
What country owned the Kyrenia?
Greece
Great Britain
Sweeden
United States
Netherlands
When did the Kyrenia sink?
1545
1628
1857
1752
300 BCE
When did the Mary Rose sink?
1545
1628
1857
1752
300 BCE
When did the Vasa sink?
1545
1628
1857
1752
300 BCE
When did the Geldermalsen sink?
1545
1628
1857
1752
300 BCE
What was the Kyrenia carrying when it sank?
10 tons of gold
Wine jars
Porcelain, gold, and tea
Unknown
What was the Geldermalsen carrying when it sank?
10 tons of gold
Wine jars
Porcelain, gold, and tea
Unknown
What was the Central America carrying when it sank?
10 tons of gold
Wine jars
Porcelain, gold, and tea
Unknown
Where did the Kyrenia sink?
Near the coast of Cyprus
Near Stockholm, Sweden
In the Baltic Sea
In the Atlantic Ocean
Where did the Central America sink?
Near the coast of Cyprus
Near Stockholm, Sweden
In the Baltic Sea
In the Atlantic Ocean
Where did the Vasa sink?
Near the coast of Cyprus
Near Stockholm, Sweden
In the Baltic Sea
In the Atlantic Ocean
