Lesson 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 term describes the permanent clearing or burning of forests?

    • Logging
    • Reforestation
    • Deforestation
    • Afforestation

  2. Which farming activity is a major cause of rainforest clearance?

    • Rice paddy
    • Sheep farming
    • Cattle ranching
    • Wheat growing

  3. What is the commercial cutting down of trees for timber called?

    • Logging
    • Mining
    • Herding
    • Pruning

  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 a result or consequence of an action called in geography?

    • System
    • Cause
    • Process
    • Impact

  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 term describes people whose families have lived in a place for generations?

    • Migrant
    • Tourist
    • Indigenous
    • Settler

  9. Why does cleared rainforest soil quickly lose its fertility?

    • Soil is naturally deep
    • Rain washes rocks away
    • Roots produce no food
    • Nutrients recycled rapidly

  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. What does a rising yearly trend in cleared rainforest area indicate?

    • Increasing deforestation
    • Stable deforestation
    • Complete reforestation
    • Decreasing deforestation

  16. Which factor best explains global responsibility for rainforest deforestation?

    • Natural climate cycles
    • A single nation
    • International consumer demand
    • Local tourism only

  17. Why does cleared rainforest soil rapidly lose its fertility?

    • Lack of sunlight
    • Nutrients wash away
    • Too many earthworms
    • Constant shade

  18. What does a single bar chart showing rising deforestation figures prove?

    • A clear trend
    • Zero human impact
    • Complete rainfall totals
    • Exact future causes

  19. What category of impact is the loss of indigenous homes from logging?

    • Economic gain
    • Social impact
    • Environmental growth
    • Geological shift

  20. What is a major long-term financial cost of clearing a rainforest?

    • Immediate timber sales
    • New cattle profits
    • Lost ecosystem services
    • Cheaper transport routes

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