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Destruction of the Rain Forest in Brazil

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To cut down and clear away trees and forests are called?

a)

Commodities

b)

Lumber

c)

Deforestation

d)

Smog

2.

How is Brazil affected by destruction?

a)

Effect on global warming

b)

10% of current greenhouse gas emissions

c)

Decrease in population

d)

Decrease in climate

3.

How much of the Amazon rain forest has been destroyed 2019?

a)

500 square miles

b)

50 square miles

c)

2000 square miles

d)

7,200 square miles

4.
The tropical rainforest is the liveliest ______ on earth.
a)
ecosystem
b)
biosphere
c)
exosystem
d)
mountain range
5.
What is the average temperature in the tropical rainforest?
a)
65 degrees
b)
92 degrees
c)
102 degrees
d)
77 degrees
6.
How much of the world's plants and animals live in the rainforest?
a)
at least 22%
b)
at least 50%
c)
100%
d)
no more than 15%
7.
Which layer of the rainforest is this describing: If we visited this layer we would see fallen leaves, decaying trees, tapirs, termites, and scorpions.
a)
Forest Floor
b)
Understory
c)
Canopy
d)
Emergent
8.
What is the world's largest tropical rainforest?
a)
Daintree in Australia
b)
 El Yunque in Puerto Rico
c)
Kakum in Ghana, Africa
d)
Amazon in South America
9.
Why is the Amazon considered  the world’s largest river?
a)
because of its length
b)
because of the amount of freshwater it carries.
c)
because of the varied fish that live in the amazon river
d)
because it starts in the Andes mountains
10.

What might you find in a tropical rain forest?

a)

trees

b)

plants

c)

vines

d)

animals

11.

In a tropical rain forest, about how much rain falls every year?

a)

5-10 inches

b)

25-30 inches

c)

40-50 inches

d)

80-200 inches

12.

How do you know that Rain Forest is an expository text?

a)

Gives important facts and information about a topic.

b)

Includes text features such as maps

c)

It was created in someone's imagination.

d)

It has rhyming words.

13.

How many layers can be found in a rain forest?

a)

10

b)

8

c)

6

d)

4

14.
What is the weather like in the tropical rainforest?
a)
hot in the summer and cold in the winter
b)
hot during the day but freezing cold at night
c)
hot and humid all year round
d)
four distinct seasons (hot=summer, cold=winter, cool=fall, warm=spring)
15.
What is the world's largest tropical rainforest?
a)
Daintree in Australia
b)
 El Yunque in Puerto Rico
c)
Kakum in Ghana, Africa
d)
Amazon in South America