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People who have lived in an area the longest.
Conquistadors
Mestizos
Immigrants
Indigenous
Which of these is NOT true about the size of the Amazon Rainforest?
About 1/2 the size of the United States.
Most of it lies in Brazil.
About the size of Kentucky.
Around 2 million square miles.
The highest part of the rainforest is called the...
Canopy
Biome
Reserve
Basin
Term used to describe a variety of plants and animals in an area...
Ecumene
Biodiversity
Sustainable development
Deforestation
What does "sustainable development" mean?
Clear cutting
The native settlers of an area.
Using the resources of the rainforest without destroying it.
Mining minerals from an area.
What do trees produce that humans need?
Water
Radiation
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Trees help "clean the air" by absorbing which of these?
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Water
Sunlight
Which of the following is the LEAST SUSTAINABLE use of the rainforest?
Shade-grown coffee
Rubber tapping
Clear-cut logging
Strip logging
Which of these is NOT an accurate description of the location of the Amazon Rainforest?
Europe
South America
Tropical climate zone
Western hemisphere
How often does it rain in tropical rainforests?
Most weeks.
Most days.
A few times a month.
Once or twice a year.
Which of these continents doesn't have tropical rainforests?
Europe
South America
Africa
Asia
Which of the following doesn't come from a rainforest?
Coffee
Cork
Hardwood
Rubber
How much of the Earth's oxygen comes from tropical rainforests?
About twenty percent
About fifty percent
About forty percent
About sixty percent
Where are most of the world's rainforests found?
Between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer.
Between Greenwich and the Equator.
Between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer.
Between the Prime Meridian and the Equator
What are evergreen trees?
Trees that have leaves in spring.
Trees that have leaves during the winter.
Trees that have leaves all year long.
Trees that flower during the summer.
Where is the Amazon rainforest?
Oceania
South America
Africa
Asia
How many different types of insects live in the Amazon rainforest?
250 000
2500
200 500
2 500 000
What is a plantation?
A place where only one plant is grown.
A place with lots of different plants.
A place with with lots of trees.
A place with different layers of trees.
Why are people destroying rainforests?
Because there are too many trees.
Because there is too much rain.
To mine, to build factories , ranches and plantations.
To remove carbon dioxide from the air.
True or False? All deserts are very hot.
True
False
Which of the following would classify as a desert?
warm temperatures with few animals
warm temperatures with many animals
less than 25 centimetres of rain per year
more than 25 centimetres of rain per year
True or False? Desert temperatures can be extreme.
True
False
In the daytime, temperatures can reach _____ degrees C. At night, the air cools to around _______ degrees C.
25, 1
100, -10
40, 10
38,-3
What is the name of the dark yellow continent?
South America
North America
Asia
Africa
Which ocean is located off the east coast of North America?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Which continent is located west of Asia?
Europe
Antarctica
Australia
South America
Which ocean is the farthest north?
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the most southern continent?
Australia
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Which ocean is located to the east of Africa and to the west of Australia?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
What imaginary line divides the Earth into a northern and southern half?
prime meridian
longitude
equator
Tropic of Cancer
What imaginary line represents zero (0º) degrees longitude?
prime meridan
longitude
equator
Tropic of Cancer
What imaginary line marks the northern boundary of the tropics?
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Aquarius
Tropic of Sagittarius
What imaginary line marks the southern boundary of the tropics?
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Aquarius
Tropic of Sagittarius
