7.5 test

1. Which organism is an example of a decomposer?

• Bears

• Humans

• Fungi

• Plants

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2. What is a common ingredient shared by more than half of the packaged products in the United States?

• Beef fat from cows

• Palm oil derived from palm trees

• Cotton fibers from plants

• Chocolate extracted from cocoa

3. How does the purchase of sweets affect orangutan populations in the wild?

• Orangutans are attracted to sweets, causing them to leave their habitats.

• Candy companies plant trees that orangutans do not like.

• Orangutans eat the same fruit flavors that are used in sweets.

• Sweets often contain palm oil from plantations that disrupt orangutan habitats.

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Why are palm plantations harmful to orangutans?

• They destroy the natural habitat of orangutans.

• They provide too much food for orangutans.

• Palm plantations are home to many Sumatran tigers.

• Orangutans find it difficult to climb palm trees.

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What is the connection between the growth of oil palm trees and the extinction of orangutans?

• Oil palm plantations lead to deforestation, reducing the habitats of orangutans.

• Oil palm trees are toxic to orangutans.

• Orangutans eat too many oil palm fruits.

• Oil palm trees provide shelter to orangutans.

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How do orangutans assist fruit trees in the rainforest?

• By digging holes for the tree roots

• By protecting the trees from insects

• By dispersing seeds through spitting or defecating

• By watering the trees with their drinking habits

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What is a major advantage of palm oil over canola and soybean oils?

• It requires the most land per ton of oil.

• It is highly productive and uses less land.

• It is an ingredient only in traditional foods.

• It has a lower level of vitamins compared to other oils.

Why is it important not to cut down rainforests to cultivate oil palm plants?

• Because it harms the ecosystems and the animals that live there

• Because rainforests do not have enough sunlight

• Because oil palms cannot grow near rainforests

• Because rainforests do not have water sources

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What practical steps could you take to better understand how your local land has changed over time?

• Travel to another country to see their land changes.

• Ignore historical changes and focus only on the present.

• Assume that the land has never changed.

• Create and compare past and present images of the local land.

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What is one reason why palm oil cultivation is attractive to farmers in Indonesia?

• It can earn them more money than growing rice.

• It only requires large amounts of land.

• It helps increase biodiversity in the area.

• It requires fewer workers.

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