Amazon Rainforest
1. According to paragraph 1, which of the About 6% of the earth is covered by rainforests. The largest rainforest in the world is
following is NOT mentioned about the Amazon theAmazon Basin, which stretches over 2.3 million square miles in nine different South
Rainforest? American countries. This area is double the length of all the other remaining rainforests in
Its precipitation the world. Brazil contains 60%of the Amazonian rainforest, since it lies at the mouth of the
river Amazon. This river is the second largest in the world and contains more than one-fifth
2. How can you describe the Amazon of the world's fresh water. The Amazon rainforest is a type of wet broadleaf forest. The
rainforest? (Choose 2 answers) weather there is very humid and warm as it rains quite a bit. Because of the high rainfall, the
(A)It rains all time there so the forest is always forest is very rich and green. The tree leaves are pointed and narrow so that the raindrops
green. can easily drop off wet plants. This
(C)The plants are shaped so that rainwater can tropical rainforest has more living species than the entire European continent. There are
pour off them. over 400 types of insects living in one single rain forest tree for a total of 2.5 million species.
One square kilometer of rainforest may contain over 75,000 types of trees and
3. Which of the following is true about the approximately 438,000 different kinds of plants, which comes to a total of 90,000 tons of
Amazon Basin? greenery overall. The Amazon rainforest is home to 2,000 birds and mammals, with one in
It is more than one-fifth of all the other every five birds in the world living there. Local farmers have lived off this rich and diverse
rainforests in the world. land for thousands of years. They have been able to find food and water here without
destroying the land. The Kayapo people of Brazil farm in an environmentally-friendly way.
4. Look at the end of paragraph 2. What does Instead of chemicals, they use burned wood to enrich the soil, and plant banana trees,
the author refer to when he says "rich and which attract wasps. These wasps then feed on leafcutter ants and get rid of these harmful
diverse land" at the beginning of paragraph 3? insects. The rainforest also offers a lot of tropical fruits, such as bananas and coconuts, as
2,000 birds and mammals in the Amazon food. Cinnamon is made from the bark of a rainforest tree. Amazonian Indians use the fruit
rainforest and stem of the Buruti plant as a drink, to make bread and to build houses. Many other
plants are used as medicine. But the Amazon rainforest is in very big danger of
5. What does the sentence "people of Brazil disappearing. 9,169 square miles of forest have been cut down in 2003 in Brazil alone. An
farm in an environmentally friendly way" mean area of the size of a football field is burned down basically every minute, which means that
in paragraph 3? the rain forest may be gone by the year 2030.The dangers related to this type of activity are
They do not poison the soil when farming. obvious. Trees take in poisonous carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen. There is
more oxygen and less carbon dioxide around a rainforest. When trees are cut down,
6. Which rainforest plant has more than one however, the amount of carbon dioxide increases, and the air gets warmer. This leads to
use? global warming, which is extremely harmful to the environment. It is estimated that the
The Bruti plant burning of Brazilian rainforests alone produces 200 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a
year. Another danger connected with destroying the rainforest is the disappearance of
7. What is the biggest problem related to the plants and animals. When trees are cut down, plants and animals have no more food left and
disappearance of the rainforest? slowly die out. Killing wild animals is illegal in Brazil, but there is plenty of stealing going on.
Cutting down trees 38 million animals are stolen and sold illegally each year. The most hunted animals are birds,
especially parrots, followed by snakes and the jaguar.
, 1. Brittle- easily broken Glass
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2. Archaeological digs have found article made
of glass
3. Glass is not an element
4. The combination of several glass is an
essential part of our lives
5. Science uses glass in experiments
1. Get into a metal Lightning
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2. To pierce
3. Draw light away (measuring of rod)
4. Consist of klanstruk big
5. The author did not support the eyes(?)
1. Greatest fear Issac Asimov
Flying ----------------------------------------
2. Meaning of "prolific"
High productivity
3. The big three
Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein
4. How old was Asimov when he died?
72 years
5. What made him popular
Science, fiction, writing
1. According to paragraph 1, which of the About 6% of the earth is covered by rainforests. The largest rainforest in the world is
following is NOT mentioned about the Amazon theAmazon Basin, which stretches over 2.3 million square miles in nine different South
Rainforest? American countries. This area is double the length of all the other remaining rainforests in
Its precipitation the world. Brazil contains 60%of the Amazonian rainforest, since it lies at the mouth of the
river Amazon. This river is the second largest in the world and contains more than one-fifth
2. How can you describe the Amazon of the world's fresh water. The Amazon rainforest is a type of wet broadleaf forest. The
rainforest? (Choose 2 answers) weather there is very humid and warm as it rains quite a bit. Because of the high rainfall, the
(A)It rains all time there so the forest is always forest is very rich and green. The tree leaves are pointed and narrow so that the raindrops
green. can easily drop off wet plants. This
(C)The plants are shaped so that rainwater can tropical rainforest has more living species than the entire European continent. There are
pour off them. over 400 types of insects living in one single rain forest tree for a total of 2.5 million species.
One square kilometer of rainforest may contain over 75,000 types of trees and
3. Which of the following is true about the approximately 438,000 different kinds of plants, which comes to a total of 90,000 tons of
Amazon Basin? greenery overall. The Amazon rainforest is home to 2,000 birds and mammals, with one in
It is more than one-fifth of all the other every five birds in the world living there. Local farmers have lived off this rich and diverse
rainforests in the world. land for thousands of years. They have been able to find food and water here without
destroying the land. The Kayapo people of Brazil farm in an environmentally-friendly way.
4. Look at the end of paragraph 2. What does Instead of chemicals, they use burned wood to enrich the soil, and plant banana trees,
the author refer to when he says "rich and which attract wasps. These wasps then feed on leafcutter ants and get rid of these harmful
diverse land" at the beginning of paragraph 3? insects. The rainforest also offers a lot of tropical fruits, such as bananas and coconuts, as
2,000 birds and mammals in the Amazon food. Cinnamon is made from the bark of a rainforest tree. Amazonian Indians use the fruit
rainforest and stem of the Buruti plant as a drink, to make bread and to build houses. Many other
plants are used as medicine. But the Amazon rainforest is in very big danger of
5. What does the sentence "people of Brazil disappearing. 9,169 square miles of forest have been cut down in 2003 in Brazil alone. An
farm in an environmentally friendly way" mean area of the size of a football field is burned down basically every minute, which means that
in paragraph 3? the rain forest may be gone by the year 2030.The dangers related to this type of activity are
They do not poison the soil when farming. obvious. Trees take in poisonous carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen. There is
more oxygen and less carbon dioxide around a rainforest. When trees are cut down,
6. Which rainforest plant has more than one however, the amount of carbon dioxide increases, and the air gets warmer. This leads to
use? global warming, which is extremely harmful to the environment. It is estimated that the
The Bruti plant burning of Brazilian rainforests alone produces 200 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a
year. Another danger connected with destroying the rainforest is the disappearance of
7. What is the biggest problem related to the plants and animals. When trees are cut down, plants and animals have no more food left and
disappearance of the rainforest? slowly die out. Killing wild animals is illegal in Brazil, but there is plenty of stealing going on.
Cutting down trees 38 million animals are stolen and sold illegally each year. The most hunted animals are birds,
especially parrots, followed by snakes and the jaguar.
, 1. Brittle- easily broken Glass
----------------------------------------
2. Archaeological digs have found article made
of glass
3. Glass is not an element
4. The combination of several glass is an
essential part of our lives
5. Science uses glass in experiments
1. Get into a metal Lightning
----------------------------------------
2. To pierce
3. Draw light away (measuring of rod)
4. Consist of klanstruk big
5. The author did not support the eyes(?)
1. Greatest fear Issac Asimov
Flying ----------------------------------------
2. Meaning of "prolific"
High productivity
3. The big three
Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein
4. How old was Asimov when he died?
72 years
5. What made him popular
Science, fiction, writing
