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The capital of Brazil
What is Brasilia.
100
What percentage of the earth's oxygen comes from trees from the rainfoest?
What is 1/3 of 33.3%
100
Explain deforestation.
What is the process of cutting down trees and hurting the forest.
100
These are connected to the river and contribute to its massive volume
What are tributaries.
100
Define Vast
What is expansive, seemingly endless span of land
200
The capital of Chile
What is Santiago
200
What is the process that plants use to feed themselves, and to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen?
What is photosynthesis
200
What do some people do with animals in the rainforest?
What is smuggle them to sell as exotic animals.
200
This is the longest river in the world, with less volume than the Amazon.
What is the Nile.
200
Define basin
What is a large, shallow area filled with water
300
Capital of Argentina
What is Buenos Aires
300
How are trees important to the environment?
What is because they turn Co2 into O2 that we use to breathe.
300
The process of cutting down trees to produce goods made of wood.
What is logging
300
The Amazon is wider and ________________ than the Nile, making its volume greater.
What is deeper
300
What is the longest waterfall in the world?
What is Angel Falls in Venezuela.
400
What is the capital of Peru?
What is Lima
400
How does the Amazon Rainforest relate to medicne?
What is because 1/4 of the world's medicines come from plants found in the Amazon.
400
The process of clearing land to house animals.
What is cattle ranching.
400
These mountains have snowmelt that melt down into the Amazon.
What are the Andes.
400
This is the largest rodent in the world that is indigenous to the Amazon Rainforest?
What is Capybara.
500
Capital of Bolivia. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: what makes this Capital so unique?
What is La Paz. It has one of the highest elevation of any capital.
500
Name at least 3 foods found in the Amazon.
What is bananas, cashews, peppers, pepper, pineapples.
500
Name an additional problem facing the rainforest that has not been discussed yet.
Pollution from trucks or boats used in logging or mining can hurt the air, poison the water, or damage plants. In addition, the native people could be exposed to new diseases or their homes could be destroyed if roads are built through areas where they lived.
500
The amount of _____________(this form of precipitation) contributes to the Amazon River's volume.
What is rainfall.
500
The famous world heritage site discovered by Hiram Bingham islocated in Peru .
What is a Machu Pichu.