Lesson Y7-U06-L05

Y7-U06-L05 Rainforest Under Threat: Deforestation Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 6

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U06-L05, Rainforest Under Threat: Deforestation: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 6: Year 7: Ecosystems and Biomes, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is deforestation?

    • Measuring the height of trees using a clinometer on a forest survey each summer
    • Fencing off a forest to stop visitors going inside
    • Cutting down or burning a forest so that the trees are gone
    • Planting new trees to increase the size of a forest

  2. Which cause of rainforest clearance is mainly about farming?

    • Collecting fruit from wild trees for visitors
    • Building wind turbines in remote valleys
    • Cattle ranching for beef
    • Growing tea on northern mountain slopes

  3. What does logging mean in the context of forests?

    • Cutting down trees for timber to sell
    • Carrying logs by river to plant new forests
    • Counting the animals that live in the canopy
    • Measuring the amount of rain that falls in a forest

  4. Which resource is mined in some rainforest areas, causing clearance for digging?

    • Tea
    • Wheat
    • Gold
    • Cotton

  5. Which impact type is described when people lose their homes in a forest village?

    • Environmental
    • Economic
    • Social
    • Political

  6. What is an impact, as used in this topic?

    • A law that protects an area of forest
    • A reason why something happens, such as a cause of deforestation
    • A map showing where forests are cut down
    • A result or effect of something happening

  7. When geographers measure how much rainforest has been cleared, which unit is most commonly used for the area?

    • Litres per second
    • Degrees Celsius
    • Square kilometres
    • Millimetres per year

  8. What does indigenous mean when describing a people?

    • People who move to a new country for work each year
    • Tourists who visit a rainforest for a holiday and stay in hotels near the river
    • People whose families have lived in a place for a very long time
    • Scientists who study rainforest animals in laboratories

  9. Why is the soil of cleared rainforest often poor after a few years?

    • Rainforest soil is made of gold dust that washes away
    • The soil freezes under the trees all year round, so nothing can grow there at all
    • Rainforest soil is very deep and always rich in nutrients
    • Rainforest soil is thin and low in nutrients, which the trees normally recycle

  10. A company clears rainforest to grow soya beans. Which category of cause does this belong to?

    • Farming
    • Road building
    • Mining
    • Logging

  11. Birds and monkeys lose their home after forest is cleared. Which impact type does this show?

    • Environmental
    • Political
    • Economic
    • Political and legal

  12. In one year, 13,000 square kilometres of rainforest were cleared. In an earlier year, 7,500 square kilometres were cleared. How many more square kilometres were cleared in the later year?

    • 8,000
    • 20,500
    • 2,900
    • 5,500

  13. Forest clearance was 10,100 square kilometres in one year and 10,900 square kilometres in the following year. How much more forest was cleared in the second year?

    • 1,100 square kilometres
    • 8,000 square kilometres
    • 200 square kilometres
    • 800 square kilometres

  14. Over four years, forest clearance was 7,500, 10,100, 10,900 and 13,000 square kilometres, in that order. Which year recorded the largest area cleared?

    • The third year
    • The fourth year
    • The second year
    • The first year

  15. Over four consecutive years, the area of rainforest cleared each year was larger than the year before. What does this show about deforestation over that period?

    • Deforestation rose every year, so forest loss got worse
    • Deforestation stayed the same each year
    • Deforestation rose, then fell back to the starting level
    • Deforestation fell every year, so forest loss improved

  16. A pupil says all deforestation is caused by one country. Which response is most accurate?

    • No, forests are never cleared for money or land because the law always protects every tree
    • Yes, only one country clears forest, so the rest are safe
    • Causes differ by place, and many products bought around the world link to clearance
    • Yes, because only people living in the rainforest cut down trees

  17. Why does clearing rainforest for farming often cause long-term problems?

    • The soil freezes as soon as the canopy disappears, so farmers can plant only in the winter months
    • Heavy rain washes away the nutrients once the trees and their leaves that feed the soil are gone
    • Trees make the soil wet, so farmers cannot plant anything
    • The soil becomes too salty once the trees are cut down

  18. A bar chart shows clearance rising each year from 2018 to 2021. Which statement is most valid?

    • The data shows an upward trend, but one chart alone cannot prove every cause
    • The data proves that rainfall must have increased in each year
    • The data shows the forest is recovering every year, because clearance has been falling steadily since 2018
    • The data proves that logging is the only cause in every year

  19. Which set of impacts is most likely from a single rainforest clearance project?

    • Environmental gains from new habitat, and social gains from more jobs only
    • Economic gains from timber, environmental loss of habitat, and social loss of homes for local people
    • Economic losses from timber, and no effect on animals or people
    • Social gains from tourism only, with no impact on nature or on the local communities who live there

  20. Why might clearing a rainforest be a costly decision for a country in the long run?

    • It always increases the value of the land forever, and no costs ever appear in the future
    • Forests always regrow quickly, so there is no lasting cost
    • It can lose soil fertility, biodiversity and the benefits that an intact forest provides
    • It removes the need for roads, so it always saves money

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