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Amazon Lesson 6

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18 questions
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Question 1
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What type of ecosystem is the Cerrado?

Question 2
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During the dry season, grasses get very dry and flammable

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Question 7
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Plants in the Amazon are moist and are more likely to catch on fire (the plants are fire-sensitive)

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Question 10
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Goverment policies have allowed for __________ to increase, destroying natural vegetation
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Question 14
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The carbon sink is due to the grassland ecosystem. How did the carbon sink form? Use your understanding of photosynthesis in your answer

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Question 15
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Explain how the carbon sink is changing. Use the process of cellular respiration in your response.

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Question 18
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looking at the carbon cycle model. Number 1 and 2 represent a gas that is released. What gas is released.

Question 3
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The Cerrado contains _____ of the worlds species

Question 4
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The tapir is a herbivore. What do herbivores eat?

Question 5
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Golden grass is an endemic plant. Endemic plants are

Question 6
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Many plants in the Cerrado are fire-dependent and only reproduce during small fires started by lightning

Question 8
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The Cerrado ecosystem has been experiencing larger than normal fires in recent years.

Question 9
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Fires in the Cerrado are producing a lot of smoke. What gas is released from the trees when trees burn?

Question 11
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According to figure 1, as the cattle and soy industry increases the amount of forest

Question 12
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In recent years there have been an increased in the potential for small fires to burn out of control due to

Question 13
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What makes the Cerrado a carbon sink?

Question 16
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Why is the carbon sink vulnerable to fire?

Question 17
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What will happen to the energy and matter in the system if the carbon sink burns?