GCSE Geography – Case study – Deforestation, Brazil.
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Question 1 of 24
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Brazil is the 5th largest country in the World. Where is it?
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2. Question
Which country contains the largest area of tropical rainforest?
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3. Question
In Brazil, what is the major use of land following deforestation?
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4. Question
In the Amazon, what is the material that accounts for the majority of mining?
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5. Question
What is it called when only certain trees are felled?
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6. Question
What is the operation called when all the trees in an area are cut down?
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7. Question
What is the second main ore extracted by mining in Brazil?
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8. Question
What is available in unlimited quantities that makes hydro-electric dams so efficient?
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Question 9 of 24
9. Question
What happens to the dammed water when the trees rot?
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10. Question
Apart from deforestation what else is upsetting the natural eco balance of the Brazilian rainforest?
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11. Question
The rearing of cattle in Brazil is believed to account for how much of the rainforest destruction?
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12. Question
The cattle farmers cannot use the deforested land for long as the pastureland quickly deteriorates. What does this then lead to?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the crops grown by the farmers on the deforested land?
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14. Question
In Amazonia, between 1990 and 2010, which crop doubled in cultivation?
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15. Question
What is an alternative use for sugar cane?
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16. Question
How long is the Trans-Amazonian Highway?
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17. Question
Why are roads such a serious threat to the rainforest?
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Question 18 of 24
18. Question
What do trees absorb from the atmosphere?
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19. Question
When fire is used in deforestation what is returned to the atmosphere?
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20. Question
What is a main contributor to the greenhouse effect?
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21. Question
How many plant, animal and insect species are estimated to be lost every single day due to deforestation?
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Approximately how many plant, animal and insect species are estimated to be lost every single year due to deforestation?
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23. Question
With deforestation evapotranspiration is reduced. What then happens to the local climate?
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Question 24 of 24
24. Question
Approximately how many hectares of land are used for gold mining?
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