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Amazon Rainforest Wrap Up!

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which region of South America is the Amazon rainforest located?

a)

Location A

b)

Location B

c)

Location C

d)

Location D

2.

Rainforests are called the “lungs of the Earth” because of their role in

a)

The food web.

b)

The Coriolis effect.

c)

The El Niño current.

d)

The Carbon Oxygen Cycle

3.

What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest?

a)

Opposition by the government to the movement of farmers to the rainforest

b)

Differences among many different groups over how best to use the rainforest

c)

Conflicts between ranchers and farmers over how much land to clear in the rainforest

d)

Arguments among environmental groups over how to preserve biodiversity in the rainforest

4.

Which of these do environmental groups in the Amazon rainforest most want to protect?

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Ecotourism

c)

Deforestation

d)

Wetlands

5.

Which statement is best supported by the graph?

a)

Rainforest loss has increased in the past 10 years.

b)

More than half of the world’s rainforests have been lost.

c)

Rainforests once covered about 3 million square miles.

d)

Two-thirds of the world’s rainforests have disappeared.

6.

Groups that want sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest are most likely to support

a)

The building of more roads into the rainforest.

b)

The harvesting of rainforest trees to create more jobs.

c)

The clearing of rainforest to create farms and ranches.

d)

The use of rainforest resources without destroying them.

7.

What is a benefit of logging in the Amazon rainforest?

a)

Logging creates space for new amenities, such as shopping malls and movie theaters.

b)

Logging is important to Brazil's Economy.

c)

Logging allows more people to live in the land by clearing dense forests.

d)

Logging reduces the expenses of maintaining the rainforest.

8.

True or False: Native Amazonians want more than anything to continue their traditional way of life.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: Rubber Tapping harms the trees in the Amazon Rainforest.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Rubber Tappers are for deforestation.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is ecotourism?

a)

Limiting the amount of tourists to enter a certain place.

b)

Encouraging tourists to preserve and conserve the land they tour on.

c)

A new type of tourism that attracts people who would like to visit unique ecosystems.

12.

A broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator is called...

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

d)

Sustainable Development

13.

Using resources in ways that meet the needs of people today without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This means finding ways to use land for farming or ranching.

a)

Deforestation

b)

Tropical Rainforesting

c)

Sustainable Development

d)

Ecosystem Harming

14.

Removing or clearing away the trees from a forest. Deforestation is often done to clear land for farming or ranching.

a)

Farming

b)

Building

c)

Rubber Trapping

d)

Deforestation

15.
The Amazon provides  ___ of the worlds oxygen. 
a)
50%
b)
25%
c)
35%
d)
10%
16.
Which group has been in the Amazon Rain forest the longest?
a)
Settlers
b)
Loggers
c)
Native Amazonians
d)
Environmentalists
17.
After large tracts of rain forests are cleared by loggers & cattle ranchers the trees quickly grow back.
a)
true
b)
false
18.
Loggers "clear cut" whole patches of the rain forest to find mahogany & rosewood trees. Define "clear- cut."
a)
loggers use an "angle cut" to chop the tree down
b)
loggers use a device that figures out the method to chop a tree w/out disturbing trees around it
c)
loggers cut down all of the trees in area & disguard those types not needed 
d)
loggers clear long, narrow strips of forest land
19.
Which of these Feuding groups is not earning a profit from the resources in the Amazon?
a)
Native Amazonians
b)
Rubber Tappers
c)
Cattle Ranchers
d)
Loggers
20.
What do environmental groups want to do to the rain forest.  
a)
Slow down development of forest.
b)
Find plants that could cure diseases. 
c)
Save unknown species. 
d)
All of the above.
21.
Why do settlers have a hard time farming?
a)
They have no experience. 
b)
Most of the good farmland is owned by wealthy people. 
c)
The soil has poor nutrients. 
d)
All of the above.
22.
The Amazon Rainforest is located in
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Central America
d)
Europe
23.
Indigenous people are
a)
City-dwellers
b)
First natives of an area
c)
Country-dwellers
d)
Colonists
24.
What has/is affecting the Amazon Rainforest?
a)
Deforestation
b)
Carbon Dioxide 
c)
Increased Rain 
d)
Indigenous Groups 
25.
Whose strongest claim is that they are strengthening Brazil's economy?
a)
Loggers
b)
Rubber Tappers
c)
Settlers
26.
Which layer receives the least sunlight?
a)
canopy layer 
b)
understory layer 
c)
emergent layer 
d)
forest floor 
27.

What type of tree grows almost exclusively in the Amazon?

a)

Brazil nut

b)

Blox fruits

c)

Pecan

d)

Soybean

28.

image represents

a)

deforestation

b)

cut trees for toys

c)

falling trees

d)

sleeping trees

29.

the average temperature in the tropical rainforest?

a)

192 degrees

b)

92 degrees

c)

69 degrees

d)

77 degrees

30.

Deforestation effects animals

a)

NO NOT AT ALL

b)

True

c)

False

d)

Maybe

31.

How does the rainforest affect people

a)

It gives less robux

b)

It provides oxygen

c)

it shows us exotic animals.

d)

it gives us pizza

32.

Rainforests are in great risk of being _____.

a)

bombed

b)

irrigated

c)

destroyed

d)

dried up

33.

What is this Amazon rainforest animal named?

a)

spider monkey

b)

sloth

c)

howler monkey

d)

pygmy marmoset

34.

What is this Amazon rainforest animal named?

a)

spider monkey

b)

sloth

c)

howler monkey

d)

pygmy marmoset

35.

If Mrs. Potter was not a teacher what would she be doing?

a)

An Accountant

b)

Selling Cars

c)

Country Music Star

d)

Pilot :)

36.

When did Daylight Savings Start?

a)

After we Landed on the Moon

b)

During WWI

c)

During WWII

d)

When sales of fans skyrockted

37.

Who was the first Disney Princess?

a)

Jasmine

b)

Snow White

c)

Mrs. Potter

d)

Daisy Duck

38.

Penn State's Mascot

a)

Panther

b)

Nittany Lions

c)

Wildcats

d)

Tigers

39.

Michigan State's Mascot

a)

Trojans

b)

Warriors

c)

Spartans

d)

Titans

40.

Alabama's Mascot

a)

A's

b)

Tigers

c)

Crimson Tide

d)

Golden Hurricanes

41.

Villanova's Mascot

a)

Wildcats

b)

Vultures

c)

Jayhawks

d)

Knights

42.

North Carolina's Mascot

a)

Blue Devils

b)

Tar Heels

c)

Rams

d)

Wolfpack

43.

Michigan's Logo

a)

Wolverines

b)

Spartans

c)

Tigers

d)

Wildcats

44.

Who won March Madness in 2017?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Duke

c)

Michigan

d)

VIllanova

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