Grade 6 Term 3 Geography Revision Quiz

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

Deforestation is caused by

• agriculture activities
• snakes
• banks
• schools

How much forest is lost every minute?

• 20 football fields
• 20 feet
• 20 centimenters
• 20 inches

Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat
• increased green house gasses 
• soil erosion and flooding
• all of the above

What is the weather like in the tropical rainforest?

• hot in the summer and cold in the winter
• hot during the day but freezing cold at night
• hot and humid all year round
• four distinct seasons (hot=summer, cold=winter, cool=fall, warm=spring)

Where can we find tropical rainforests?

• near the equator
• near the north pole
• near Cape Horn
• in the midwest United States

What is the world's largest tropical rainforest?

• Daintree in Australia
•  El Yunque in Puerto Rico
• Kakum in Ghana, Africa
• Amazon in South America

Which layer of the rainforest is this describing: This is the highest layer of the rainforest. Birds of paradise, eagles, and macaws live there.

• Forest Floor
• Understory
• Canopy
• Emergent

Which layer of the rainforest is this describing: If we visited this layer we would see fallen leaves, decaying trees, tapirs, termites, and scorpions.

• Forest Floor
• Understory
• Canopy
• Emergent