Chapter 12: Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest
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- Q 1/14Score 0Which statement if best supported by the graph?29More than half of the world´s rainforests have been lost.Rainforest once covered 3 million square miles.Two thirds of the world´s rainforests have disappeared.Rainforest loss has increased in the past 10 years.
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- Q1Which statement if best supported by the graph?More than half of the world´s rainforests have been lost.Rainforest once covered 3 million square miles.Two thirds of the world´s rainforests have disappeared.Rainforest loss has increased in the past 10 years.30s
- Q2Rainforests are called the ¨lungs of the Earth¨ because of their role inthe El Nino currentthe Coriolis effectthe food webcarbon-oxygen cycle30s
- Q3The Amazon rainforest is located in..Central AmericaEuropeSouth AmericaNorth America30s
- Q4What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest?arguments among environmental groups over how to preserve the biodiversity in the rainforestdifferences among many different groups over how to best use the rainforestconflicts between ranchers and farmers over how much land to clear in the rainforestopposition by the government to the movement of farmers to the rainforest30s
- Q5Indigneous people arecity dwellersfirst natives of an areacountry dwellerscolonists30s
- Q6Which of the following would groups who want sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest most likely support?the harvesting of rainforest trees to create more jobsthe use of rainforest resources without destroying themthe clearing of rainforests to create farms and ranchesthe building of more roads into the rainforest30s
- Q7Biodiversity in the rainforest meansdeforestationvariety of plants in animals in one placemany biomes in one placecarbon-oxygen cycle30s
- Q8Sustainable development isdestroying without usingcutting down treeskeeping a person aliveusing without destroying30s
- Q9Which of these groups is most responsible for deforestation of the rainforestlogging companiesnative peoplesenvironmental groupsrubber tappers30s
- Q10Native Amazonians wantto continue their traditional way of lifeto meet their neighborsto sell wild Amazonian birdsto cut wood to make homes30s
- Q11Which of these do environmental groups in the Amazon rainforest most want to protect?wetlandsecotourismdeforestationbiodiversity30s
- Q12Rubber tappers do not wantto make rubber productsto ask the government to make protected reservestrees cut downa sustainable way of life30s
- Q13What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest?plant crops that grow under the rainforest canopyclear more land to make larger farmsuse cleared land to raise cattle instead of cropsencourage more poor farmers to migrate to the rainforest30s
- Q14The loggers want...to tap rubber treesto increase production of the carbon oxygen cycleto cut down trees to make wood productsto plant fields30s