Life in Amazon Basin

How is the climate of Amazon basin characterized?

• By hot and wet

• By cold and wet

• By dry or wet

• By hot and humid

Since the Amazon basin lies very close to the equator, it is referred to as the:

• Tropical region

• Rainforest

• Equatorial region

• Basin

______ and _______ grow as plant parasites in the region.

• Bougainvillea

• Orchids

• Bromeliads

• Marie gold

Birds such as ________, _________ and __________ make loud sounds in the forests.

• Bird of paradise

• Toucans

• Kakapos

• Humming birds

The staple food of the people is manioc.

• True

• False

The place where a river flows into another body of the water is called the river’s

• Mouth

• Tributaries

• Delta

• Distributaries

The countries which the Amazon basin drains are Brazil, parts of Peru.....(complete the countries)

• Argentina

• A small part of Venezuela

• Bolivia

• Ecuador

• Columbia

When Spanish explorers discovered the Amazon river, they were attacked by a group of local tribes wearing:

• Flower skirts and leaf crowns

• Exotic outfits with sticks

• Headgears and grass skirts

• Top and leggings

The Amazon basin’s temperature at night goes down but the humidity remains

• Low

• High

• Very high

• Very low

Name a cash crop which grows in the Amazon basin.