Animals
What is the most endangered animal in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. Jaguar
b. Poison dart frog
c. Lowland tapir
a. Jaguar
Around how much of the world's known vines live in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 90%
b. 50%
c. 70%
a. 90%
In which of these countries does the Amazon River not flow in?
a. Colombia
b. Ecuador
c. Chile
c. Chile
Around how many plant and animal species are threatened by the Amazon Rainforest's deforestation?
a. 8,000
b. 10,000
c. 5,000
b. 10,000
Which continent doesn't contain any rainforests?
a. Oceania
b. Africa
c. Antarctica
c. Antarctica
What colors is the scarlet macaw?
a. Blue and yellow
b. Red, yellow, green, and blue
c. Red, yellow, and blue
b. Red, yellow, green, and blue
Around how much of the world's known plants live in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 1/5
b. 1/2
c. 2/3
c. 2/3
Around how much of the Amazon River is in Brazil?
a. 80%
b. 50%
c. 90%
a. 80%
What are the two reasons for the Amazon Rainforest fires?
a. humans burning recently deforested area and dropped cigarettes
b. droughts and camping fires going wild
c. droughts and humans burning recently deforested area
c. droughts and humans burning recently deforested area
What does the word "biodiversity" mean?
a. the study of living organisms
b. the variety of life in an ecosystem
c. an environment with plants and animals that interact with each other
b. the variety of life in an ecosystem
What is the most endangered macaw that lives in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. Hyacinth macaw
b. Scarlet macaw
c. Blue and yellow macaw
a. Hyacinth macaw
The bloom of a corpse flower can grow up to which height?
a. 10 ft
b. 8 ft
c. 3 ft
b. 8 ft
What endangered animal lives in the Amazon River?
a. Green anaconda
b. Pink river dolphin
c. Piranha
b. Pink river dolphin
What are the main threats to the Amazon Rainforest?
a. farming and ranching
b. droughts and strong winds
c. severe storms and strong winds
a. farming and ranching
What percent of the world's surface is covered in tropical rainforests?
a. 2%
b. 8%
c. 10%
b. 8%
What is the weight of the manatee, the heaviest animal in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 600 lbs
b. 800 lbs
c. 1,000 lbs
b. 800 lbs
Which of these is not an adaptation seen in orchids that live in a rainforest climate?
a. thin, long leaves
b. roots with large surface area
c. leaves covered in wax
c. leaves covered in wax
What world rank of the longest river does the Amazon River have?
a. 7th place
b. 2nd place
c. 1st place
b. 2nd place
Around how much of the Amazon Rainforest has been destroyed these last 50 years?
a. 20%
b. 15%
c. 10%
a. 20%
Around how much indigenous people live in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 2 million
b. 1 million
c. 100,000
a. 2 million
Around how much of the world’s known animals live in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 1 out of 10
b. 3 out of 20
c. 1 out of 15
a. 1 out of 10
How do pitcher plants attract insects?
a. with bright colors
b. with a sweet nectar
c. with a disgusting smell
b. with a sweet nectar
What makes the Amazon River unique?
a. It used to flow the opposite way
b. Its waters used to be pink
c. It used to be a ocean
a. It used to flow the opposite way
Between 2001 and 2020, around how much of the Amazon Rainforest was destroyed?
a. 54.2 million hectares
b. 52.5 million hectares
c. 49.6 million hectares
a. 54.2 million hectares
How old is the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 55 million years old
b. 100,000 years old
c. 42 million years old
a. 55 million years old