THE AMAZON RAINFOREST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
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THE AMAZON RAINFOREST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
What happens in the Carajas Mineral Province which causes environmental impacts? 3 - Answer-Trees are cut down for firewood to fuel a pig iron plant, which produces carbon dioxide when the wood burns! Also trees are cut down to clear ...
THE AMAZON RAINFOREST EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
What happens in the Carajas Mineral Province which causes environmental impacts? 3
- Answer-Trees are cut down for firewood to fuel a pig iron plant, which produces
carbon dioxide when the wood burns! Also trees are cut down to clear the way for
mining
What is mined at the Carajas Mineral Province? - Answer-Gold, copper and iron
Why are there peasant farmers on cleared areas of the Amazon? - Answer-The
government encourages people to move to deforested land to reduce overpopulation
elsewhere
What problem is there for peasant farmers living on deforested Amazon rainforest land?
- Answer-The soil is infertile
What 4 human activities affect the Amazon rainforest? - Answer-Logging, mining, cattle
ranching and peasant farming
How can deforestation affect biodiversity? - Answer-Destroyed habitats kill species
which can lead to the threat of extinction
How does deforestation affect the water cycle? - Answer-Less transpiration and less
interception - more flooding but drier climate because less water vapour produced.
How does deforestation cause climate change? - Answer-Fewer trees so less CO2
absorbed
How many tribes are there in the Amazon? - Answer-500 tribes
How many people live in tribes in the Amazon? - Answer-1 million
Give an example of a tribe in the Amazon - Answer-Yanomami
Give an example of how the Yanomami tribe depend on the rainforest to survive -
Answer-The use timbo poision from a vine to stun fish to eat
How can logging be managed so that it is sustainable? 2 - Answer-Replanting trees and
having strict logging quotas
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