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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Tropical Rainforests (Questions)

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Tropical rainforests experience high temperatures and a lot of rain. A tropical rainforest is a place found roughly within 25 degrees north or south of the equator. Over an acre of rainforest is being lost every second with possible serious consequences to us all.

Try our Geography quiz on tropical rainforests.

Which continent does not have tropical rainforests?

[ ]	Africa
[ ]	Europe
[ ]	South America
[ ]	South-East Asia

Tropical rainforests grow in what type of climate?

[ ]	Cold and wet
[ ]	Hot and humid
[ ]	Mild and damp
[ ]	Warm and dry

Large wide tree roots above ground have what name?

[ ]	Buttress roots
[ ]	Fortress roots
[ ]	Mega roots
[ ]	Stabilizing roots

Which river is famous for its rainforest?

[ ]	Amazon
[ ]	Ganges
[ ]	Limpopo
[ ]	Mississippi

Roughly how much of the earth's surface is covered by tropical rainforests?

[ ]	0.15
[ ]	0.25
[ ]	Less than 2%
[ ]	More than 50%

Why are rainforest soils poor and infertile?

[ ]	Because of a vicious fungus
[ ]	Due to animal activity
[ ]	Heavy rain washes out the nutrients
[ ]	The sun dries them out

Which term means using rainforest resources in a way that preserves them for the future?

[ ]	Extended development
[ ]	Programmable development
[ ]	Strategic development
[ ]	Sustainable development

What type of tree would not grow in a tropical rainforest?

[ ]	Mahogany
[ ]	Pine
[ ]	Rubber
[ ]	Teak

The dense 'roof' of treetops is called what?

[ ]	Awning
[ ]	Blanket
[ ]	Canopy
[ ]	Umbrella

10.

Tropical rainforest vegetation takes in which gas?

[ ]	Argon
[ ]	Carbon Dioxide
[ ]	Hydrogen
[ ]	Oxygen

Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Tropical Rainforests (Answers)

Which continent does not have tropical rainforests?

[ ]	Africa
[x]	Europe
[ ]	South America
[ ]	South-East Asia

Tropical rainforests grow in what type of climate?

[ ]	Cold and wet
[x]	Hot and humid
[ ]	Mild and damp
[ ]	Warm and dry

Large wide tree roots above ground have what name?

[x]	Buttress roots
[ ]	Fortress roots
[ ]	Mega roots
[ ]	Stabilizing roots

They are needed to support the incredibly tall trees

Which river is famous for its rainforest?

[x]	Amazon
[ ]	Ganges
[ ]	Limpopo
[ ]	Mississippi

It's in South America

Roughly how much of the earth's surface is covered by tropical rainforests?

[ ]	0.15
[ ]	0.25
[x]	Less than 2%
[ ]	More than 50%

Yet they are home to well over 50% of all life forms

Why are rainforest soils poor and infertile?

[ ]	Because of a vicious fungus
[ ]	Due to animal activity
[x]	Heavy rain washes out the nutrients
[ ]	The sun dries them out

Rain washing out nutrients is called leaching

Which term means using rainforest resources in a way that preserves them for the future?

[ ]	Extended development
[ ]	Programmable development
[ ]	Strategic development
[x]	Sustainable development

What type of tree would not grow in a tropical rainforest?

[ ]	Mahogany
[x]	Pine
[ ]	Rubber
[ ]	Teak

They always contain hardwood trees

The dense 'roof' of treetops is called what?

[ ]	Awning
[ ]	Blanket
[x]	Canopy
[ ]	Umbrella

The canopy cuts out light from the forest floor

10.

Tropical rainforest vegetation takes in which gas?

[ ]	Argon
[x]	Carbon Dioxide
[ ]	Hydrogen
[ ]	Oxygen