WRG Video Anthology and Quiz

Threat to Rainforest Communities-1

After watching the Threat to Rainforest Communities-1 video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. Scientists built a tower in the rainforest to:

determine where to cut down the rainforest.

measure the balance of carbon dioxide, the gas that causes global warming.

communicate with the local peoples.

to monitor the Amazon River.

2. The lands cleared in the forest are used primarily to grow:

Cotton

Corn

Soya

Coffee

3. Which of the following statements about the burning of the forest is not true?

The burning of the forest releases carbon into the air.

The forest is burned to create land for farming.

The burning of the forest threatens the ancestral home of the native people.

The burning of the forest helps reduce greenhouse gases and combat global warming.

4. The Enawene Nawa are people native to the Brazilian Rainforest.

True

False