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A Level - Amazon Rainforest - Impacts on Water and Carbon Cycles

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Extreme rainfall could lead to more...

a)

drought

b)

flash flooding

c)

biodiversity

d)

root growth

2.

Rates of _______ will rapidly decline after deforestation

a)

photosynethesis

b)

respiration

c)

precipiration

d)

interception

3.

After deforestation, soil can hold _____% less water

a)

10 %

b)

15 %

c)

20 %

d)

25 %

4.

True or false: there is a reduction in river discharge after deforestation

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Following _____________ , water transfers ash into the soils, increasing its carbon capacity

a)

mining

b)

cattle ranching

c)

slash and burn

d)

logging

6.

Why which year do we expect the Amazon Rainforest's temperature to have increased by 2-3C?

a)

2030

b)

2040

c)

2050

d)

2100

7.

When forests are cleared and burned, 30-60% of the carbon is lost to the ________.

a)

soil

b)

rivers

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere

8.

As this process reduces, there are less condensation nuclei (salts and organic fibres) in the atmosphere, reducing cloud formation.

a)

photosythesis

b)

interception

c)

transpiration

d)

infiltration

9.

If global temperatures increase by 2C, then _____% of the Amazon Rainforest will die

a)

20-40%

b)

70%

c)

75%

d)

85%

10.

Areas _____-______ of deforested areas receive half of the precipitation they did before the removal.

a)

up-wind

b)

north-west

c)

down-wind

d)

south