Animals and Geography
Mountain Facts
Different Perspectives
The Amazon Rainforest
Vocabulary!
100
This river is the longest in South America
What is the Amazon.
100
How many mountain zones are there?
There are four.
100
This group of people is attempting to save the Amazonian Rainforest from all over the world.
Who are the environmentalists.
100
Multiple Choice! The Amazon Rainforest is found in the _____ of South America: A) North B) East C) South D) West
What is North.
100
The highest elevation where trees grow on a mountain.
What is the tree line.
200
South America is the ___ largest continent in the world.
What is 4th
200
This mountain range stretches across the Western Coast of South Africa.
What is the Andes Mountain Range.
200
This is the way that rubber tappers get rubber without hurting trees.
What is scoring.
200
Name, in order, the different layers of a rainforest.
What are: {The Emergent Layer {The Canopy Layer {The Understory Layer {The Forest Floor
200
The definition of "Arid"
What is having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support veget
300
These are the only two countries in South America that are landlocked.
What are Bolivia and Paraguay.
300
This, on mountains, marks where the permanent frost/snow begins or ends.
What is the snow line.
300
These are the 3 groups of people that are harming the rainforest through deforestation.
Who are the loggers, settlers, and ranchers.
300
This is the type of rainforest that the Amazon Rainforest is.
What is tropical.
300
The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among all living things and the environment
What is the carbon-oxygen cycle.
400
This is the smallest bird known to man, found in Cuba.
What is the Bee Hummingbird.
400
This ancient technique helps farmers grow crops on the sides of steep mountains.
What is terracing.
400
Name all of the different groups that we studied in our South American Unit.
Who are: Loggers, Settlers, Ranchers, Environmentalists, Amazonian Natives, Rubber Tappers
400
Name three major exports from the Amazon Rainforest.
What are: Rubber, Wood, Acai Berries, Medicinal Plants, Cocoa Beans.
400
The trading of crops between lowland and highland areas.
What is vertical trade.
500
This animal, commonly found in South American caves, has a name that is two animals.
What is the Butterfly Bat.
500
Name the different layers of mountains in order.
What are: Tierra Caliente, Tierra Templada, Tierra Fria, and Tierra Helada.
500
The definition of eco-tourism.
What is tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
500
Name the 9 countries that border the Amazon Rainforest.
What are Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
500
Economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources.
What is sustainable development.
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