Exploring the Amazon Rainforest

Exploring the Amazon Rainforest

Assessment

Interactive Video

Journalism, Biology, Geography, Science

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Olivia Brooks

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The video follows Giselle, a new correspondent, as she explores the Amazon rainforest. It highlights the significance of an 800-year-old tree in terms of preservation and carbon storage. The speaker shares a personal connection to the rainforest, reflecting on childhood beliefs and the harsh reality of deforestation. The video emphasizes the Amazon's biodiversity and cultural heritage, advocating for its protection and the responsibility to speak for the forest.

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new role is Giselle experiencing in the Amazon?

Tourist

Correspondent

Photographer

Guide

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the 800-year-old tree symbolize in the rainforest?

The beauty of the Amazon

The history of Brazil

The power of nature

The importance of preservation and carbon storage

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the narrator perceive the rainforest as a child?

As a small and insignificant area

As a dangerous place

As an invincible and indestructible forest

As a fragile ecosystem

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main threat to the rainforest mentioned in the transcript?

Wildfires

Pollution

Climate change

Deforestation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the significance of the 'costigan de parada' mentioned in the transcript?

It is a type of tree

It is a type of nut that can be eaten

It is a river in the Amazon

It is a species of bird

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role do the channels play in the forest?

They provide water to the trees

They are pathways for animals

They witness the deforestation of the forest

They are used for transportation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the narrator's responsibility towards the forest?

To document its beauty

To explore it

To ignore it

To protect it

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the narrator wish to do for the trees?

Cut them down

Sell them

Speak for them

Plant more of them