Deforestation

Which of these are a threat to the rainforest?

• Farming

• Logging

• Mining

• All of the above

Rainforests are known as 'Lungs of the Earth'.

• True

• False

The trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce 10% of the world's oxygen.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It produces 20% of the world's oxygen.

25% of the world's medicine come from plants found in the rainforest.

• True

• False

Every minute an area the size of a football pitch is cut down.

• True

• False

For every tree that is cut down three are replanted.

• True

• False

Farming that happens on a large scale is called

Huge areas of the rainforest are being destroyed in order to grow...

Ways in which rainforests are being destroyed are...

Ways in which rainforests can be saved are...