| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What % of the water is intercepted by trees? | 25 | 100%
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| What % of the water is recycled via evapotranspiration? | 50 | 100%
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| How many countries does it occupy? | 8 | 100%
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| What is the name of the river that flows through it? | Amazon | 100%
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| Name of one country containing the above mountain range? | Bolivia | Colombia | Ecuador | Peru | 100%
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| What is one of the names of the above countries? | Brazil | Bolivia | Ecuador | Colombia |Venezuela | Suriname | Guyana | France (French Guiana) | 100%
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| Does it have a fast or slow carbon cycle? | Fast | 100%
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| Is basaltic rock permeable of impermeable? | Impermeable | 100%
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| Is the elevation relatively low or high? | Low | 100%
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| Is sedimentary rock permeable of impermeable? | Permeable | 100%
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| Is the above rock permeable of impermeable? | Permeable | 100%
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| What % of earth species can be found there? | 10 | 75%
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| How many km*2 of commercial timber has The Paricia Project planted? | 1000 | 75%
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| What % of the Amazon has been deforested in the past 20 years? | 20 | 75%
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| How much rainfall in mm per year? | 2000 | 75%
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| What is Net Primary Productivity in grams/m*2/year? | 2500 | 75%
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| What is the average temperature? | 26 | 75%
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| Name of the above mountain range? | Andes | 75%
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| What is the cause of high levels of decomposition and rainfall? | High temperatures | 75%
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| What is the name of the rock that can be found in the West of the Amazon? | Limestone | 75%
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| Where are shields of basaltic rock found within the Amazon? | North | East | South East | 75%
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| How many tonnes of biomass is stored in the trees (billions of tonnes)? | 100 | 50%
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| What is the predicted % of fall in rainfall due to deforestation? | 20 | 50%
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| How many km*2 is it? | 6000000 | 50%
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| What is the process of trees creating their own rain by sucking up water from the flow, moving through the plant and then rising. The pollen acts as aerosols to condense against which forms rain. | Biotic Pump | 50%
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| What are the key causes of deforestation of the Amazon? | Cattle ranching | Soy bean plantations | 50%
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| Name an example of a sedimentary rock that can be found? | Sandstone | Clays | 50%
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| In what compass directions is there a mountain range in the Amazon? | South West | 50%
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| Where is sedimentary rock found within the Amazon? | West |Centre | 50%
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| How much carbon does rainforest store (tonnes/hectare)? | 16.2 | 25%
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| How much carbon do soy beans store (tonnes/hectare)? | 2.7 | 25%
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| What % of the Amazon do Amazon RegionalProtection Areas (ARPAs) occupy as of 2015? | 44 | 25%
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| Name of aiming to restore areas of the rainforest by changing farms to farm trees? | Agroforestry | 25%
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