Deforestation

Question 1

Most trees have leaves. List THREE benefits/uses of leaves. Separate and number your points.*

Answer 1

Paper, shade, medicine, food for humans and animals, oxygen

Question 2

What is deforestation?

Answer 2

It is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make land available for other uses.

Question 3

Which of the following represent countries in which the Amazon Rainforest can be found?*Suriname, Peru, Argentina, Brazil
Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia
Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Paraguay

Answer 3

Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia

Question 4

What’s the name of the largest river in the Amazon Rainforest?*

Answer 4

The Amazon River
Rio Amazonas

Question 5

Name the benefit of tree trunks shown in the picture below and give ONE other benefit of tree trunks and/ branches.

Answer 5

Home for animals
Recreation, drinks (mauby bark), shade
Beauty
Paper
Furniture

Question 6

Tropical rainforests are found in the tropics! Where are the tropics located?

Answer 6

Between 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south

Question 7

Trees’ roots indirectly reduce flooding. EXPLAIN why this is so

Answer 7

As tree roots grow into the soil, they create little passages which the rainwater flows into rather than running off the land.l

Question 8

The Amazon Rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest. On what continent can it be found?

Answer 8

South America

Question 9

In which country is MOST of the Amazon Rainforest located?*

Answer 9

Brazil

Question 10

Millions of people do not live in rainforests today. True or false?

Answer 10

False

Question 11

There are hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species found in rainforests around the world. Name any FIVE rainforest animals other than the one shown below. Separate and number your animals.*

Answer 11

spider monkeys, capuchins, spiders, frogs
Mosquitoes, jaguars, sloths, butterflies
Snakes, iguanas, fish, capybara

Question 12

Explain why rainforests are called “The Lungs of the Earth”.*

Answer 12

They attract carbon dioxide and then breathe it out creating oxygen like lungs.

Question 13

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. List THREE reasons why deforestation occurs around the world.

Answer 13

Cattle ranching, lumber, squatting, road building, mining, home construction

Question 14

More than 200, 000 acres of rainforest are burned every day! Give TWO reasons why this is a terrible thing. Separate and number your points

Answer 14

Loss of species
More carbon dioxide in the air/Global Warning
Loss of homes
Loss of medicine
Climate change
Pollution