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WorksheetsAmazon Rainforest Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Why are rainforests often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth"?
They are part of the food web.
They contribute to the Coriolis effect.
They influence the El Niño current.
They play a key role in the carbon-oxygen cycle.
What is a primary reason for land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest?
Government policies on the movement of farmers.
Differences among many different groups over how best to use the rainforest
The amount of land ranchers and farmers want to clear.
Preservation efforts by environmental groups.
Groups that want sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest are most likely to support
Those who want to build more infrastructure in the rainforest.
Those who are focused on harvesting rainforest trees for job creation.
Those who aim to clear the rainforest for farming and ranching.
The use of rainforest resources without destroying them.
Which of these groups uses the rainforest in the most sustainable way?
Farmers
Rubber tappers
Logging companies
Ranchers
These images show the Amazon rainforest in 2000 (top) and the rainforest in 2010 (boom). What threat to the rainforest
does this field photograph illustrate?
Air pollution
Climate change
Deforestation
Reforestation
Which of the following groups contributes the most to this threat?
Rubber tappers
Native peoples
Logging companies
Environmental groups
How has Brazil’s government protected the rainforest from this activity?
By creating protected rainforest reserves
By removing restrictions on how much land ranchers can clear
By building roads into the rainforest for logging trucks, ranchers, and farmers
By taking property rights away from Native Amazonians
Which group of species is estimated to have the smallest population in the Amazon rainforest according to the diagram?
Reptiles
Mammals
Amphibians
Birds
Why are flowering plants drawn larger than birds on the diagram?
Because flowering plants are physically larger than birds
Because there are more species of flowering plants than birds
Because flowering plants are more important to the ecosystem
Because the diagram is not to scale
What is a potential consequence for the Amazon rainforest's biodiversity if deforestation continues?
Increase in the number of species due to new habitats
No significant change in biodiversity
Decline in biodiversity due to loss of habitat
Migration of species to other forests
How does this map show global forest loss and gain between 1990 and 2015?
Which country experienced the most forest gain between 1990 and 2015?
(a)
According to this map, how much forest loss or gain did Brazil experience between 1990 and 2015?
(a)
Brazil had a net gain of more than 1250 acres per year.
Brazil's forest coverage remained the same.
The map does not provide information about Brazil.
What is the essential question that the lesson aims to explore regarding rainforests?
What are the different species of animals living in the rainforest?
How should the resources of rainforests be used and preserved?
How can we increase agricultural land in the rainforest?
What are the economic benefits of deforestation?
In which region of South America is the Amazon rainforest located?
A
B
C
D
What is a benefit of logging in the Amazon rainforest?
Logging creates space for new amenities, such as shopping malls and movie theaters.
Logging is important to Brazil’s economy.
Logging allows more people to live in the land by clearing dense forests.
Logging reduces the expenses of maintaining the rainforest.
Which of these do environmental groups in the Amazon rainforest most want to protect?
biodiversity
ecotourism
deforestation
wetlands
Why is the Amazon rainforest a difficult place for settlers to farm in?
There is too much rainfall.
The land is overpopulated.
The area is very hot and dry.
The soil is poor in nutrients.
What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest?
clear more land to make larger farms
use cleared land to raise cattle instead of crops
plant crops that grow under the rainforest canopy
encourage more poor farmers to migrate to the rainforest
Which statement is best supported by the graph?
Rainforest loss has increased in the past 10 years.
More than half of the world’s rainforests have been lost.
Rainforests once covered about 3 million square miles.
Two-thirds of the world’s rainforests have disappeared.
