amazon deforestation week 3

Question 1

_____% of western medicines are found in a rainforest

Answer 1

25%

Question 2

80% deforestation is for _____ _____

Answer 2

cattle ranches

Question 3

_____ is 3% of deforestation – mostly done illegally

Answer 3

logging

Question 4

____ hectares is used for gold mining

Answer 4

50,000 Ha

Question 5

Gold mining has released _____ (used for cleaning the gold) into local rivers

Answer 5

mercury

Question 6

There are only _____ native tribes left

Answer 6

240

Question 7

_____ species of plant/tree are lost each year

Answer 7

50,000

Question 8

Deforestation leads to _____ _____ where the nutrients are carried away by heavy rainfall

Answer 8

soil erosion

Question 9

As plants die there is less transpiration, meaning that the area is more likely to have a _____

Answer 9

drought

Question 10

_____ _____ ecotourists visited the Brazilian Amazon in 2000

Answer 10

3.7 million

Question 11

2010 _____ paid £13.5 million off of Brazil’s debt in agreement that Brazil would protect an area of rainforest

Answer 11

USA

Question 12

Brazil has Tumucumaque National Park covering _____ _____ hectares

Answer 12

3.87 million Ha

Question 13

Brazil signed up to the _____ _____ _____

Answer 13

Paris climate agreement