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Latin American Countries
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What is the environmental issue in Mexico City? 

Air pollution

100

What is the environmental issue in Brazil?

Deforestation

100

What river runs mostly through Brazil? It starts in the Andes Mountains and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Amazon River

100

What is the largest and most populated country in Latin America?

Brazil

100

What body of water lies between Mexico and Florida? 

Gulf of Mexico

200

Provide 2 effects of air pollution. 

1. Respiratory Issues

2. Premature Death

3. Lower quality of life

200
What causes the air pollution in Mexico City (human causes)?
Emissions from cars and factories
200
What mountain range runs throughout Mexico, creating the Mexican Plateau?
Sierra Madre Mountains
200

Which country shares a border with the United States? 

Mexico

200

What feature allows ships to pass easily between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? 

Panama Canal

300

What are two SOLUTIONS to combat deforestation?

1. Educate others

2. Reduce the amount of paper products you use

3. Reforestation

300
Give two reasons that the forest is being cut down in Brazil.
Logging, Farms, Cattle Ranching, Mining
300
What body of water are Haiti and Cuba in?
Caribbean Sea
300

Which country is long and thin and runs along the western coast of South America? 

Chile

300

Which region is home to an incredible diversity of plant, animal and insect species? It is located in the north-eastern portion of South America. 

Amazon Rainforest

400
How does Mexico City's geography contribute to their environmental issue? 

The mountains prevent air from dispersing the air pollution. The mountains trap the air pollution in the valley/basin. 

400

How has Mexico City reduced the air pollution over the past decade? 

1. Hoy no circula (no drive days) 

2. Phasing out old vehicles

3. Improved public transportation

4. Reforestation

5. Education / Protocols

400
What mountain range runs down the west coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
400

Which Caribbean island is located south of Florida? 

Cuba

400

What place in Chile is known as the driest place on Earth? 

Atacama Desert

500

How does cutting down trees increase global warming? 

Trees absorb carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas. When we cut down the trees, there are less trees to absorb the green house gas...increasing global warming. 

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What geographical reason causes or worsens the air pollution in Mexico City?
The city lies in a crater shaped valley (city is surrounded by mountains)
500
Panama is an ____________, because it is a narrow strip of land that divides the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Isthmus
500
What country is considered an Isthmus?
Panama
500

Why is the Amazon Rainforest nicknamed, "The Lungs of the Earth?"

Because the region's plants produce more than 20 percent of the world's oxygen supply!!