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Amazon Lesson 6

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18 Nsɛmmisa

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What type of ecosystem is the Cerrado?

A. Peat forest

B. mix of grassland, savannah, and dry forest

C. redwood forest

D. tundra ecosystem

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During the dry season, grasses get very dry and flammable

True

False

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Golden grass is an endemic plant. Endemic plants are

found everywhere in the world

found no where else in the world

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

true

false

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10.

Goverment policies have allowed for

increases

decreases

stays the same

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14.

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

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

oxygen

nitrogen

carbon dioxide

helium

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3.

The Cerrado contains _____ of the worlds species

10%

30%

5%

50%

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4.

The tapir is a herbivore. What do herbivores eat?

other animals

plants like leaves and seeds

a combination of plants and animals

herbivores make there own food by photosynthesis

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6.

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

true

false

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8.

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

True

False

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9.

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

oxygen

helium

hydrogen

carbon dioxide

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12.

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

deforestation

increased lighting strikes

farming

drought

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13.

What makes the Cerrado a carbon sink?

the increased number of cattle

the people that live in the area

the grassland ecosystem

the amount of biodiversity in the area

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16.

Why is the carbon sink vulnerable to fire?

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17.

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