Lecture Quiz 13
Due Feb 18 at 11:59pm
Points 55
Questions 20
Available Feb 5 at 12am - Feb 18 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 40 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 25 minutes 55 out of 55
Score for this quiz: 55 out of 55
Submitted Feb 13 at 10:20am
This attempt took 25 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
2..75 pts
While deforestation in the Amazon Basin is ongoing, it is not as bad now as it was previously. For
example, in the 1980s in Rondonia State (in the southwestern part of the Basin), the size of a
worth of forest land was cleared every minute! Every minute for the entire decade!
standard house
large city block
standard car
hospital
football field
Correct answer
Question 2
2..75 pts
One of the major characteristics of the Amazon Basin, which comprises more than one-third of all of
South America, is its , as evidenced by the elevation at Iquitos.
undulating topography
flatness
lack of floodplains
rolling hills
alternating "mountain and valley" system
Correct answer
, Question 3
2..75 pts
Soybean expansion in the Cerrado, to the south of the Amazon Basin, has in effect put more pressure on
deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Investors in soybean firms, and their consumers, have been
lobbying the firms to not spur more deforestation. This approach appears to be working somewhat for
soybeans, but deforestation in the Amazon Basin continues by cattle ranchers, as 80% of their product is
, contrasted with that of soybeans.
exported to the Middle East
consumed domestically
exported to North America
exported to China
exported to the European Union
Correct answer
Question 4
2..75 pts
There is the famous "meeting of the waters" near Manaus, where the brownish-colored and silt-laden
Amazon River meets the darker waters of the River.
Branco
Tapajos
Madeira
Japura
Negro
Correct answer
Question 5
2..75 pts
The expansion of in the non-Amazonian part of Brazil has been the initial activity triggering a
"landscape cascade" that, in sequence, eventually puts pressure on deforestation within the Amazon
Basin itself.
sugarcane
cattle ranching
cotton
rice
soybean growing
Correct answer
Due Feb 18 at 11:59pm
Points 55
Questions 20
Available Feb 5 at 12am - Feb 18 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 40 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 25 minutes 55 out of 55
Score for this quiz: 55 out of 55
Submitted Feb 13 at 10:20am
This attempt took 25 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
2..75 pts
While deforestation in the Amazon Basin is ongoing, it is not as bad now as it was previously. For
example, in the 1980s in Rondonia State (in the southwestern part of the Basin), the size of a
worth of forest land was cleared every minute! Every minute for the entire decade!
standard house
large city block
standard car
hospital
football field
Correct answer
Question 2
2..75 pts
One of the major characteristics of the Amazon Basin, which comprises more than one-third of all of
South America, is its , as evidenced by the elevation at Iquitos.
undulating topography
flatness
lack of floodplains
rolling hills
alternating "mountain and valley" system
Correct answer
, Question 3
2..75 pts
Soybean expansion in the Cerrado, to the south of the Amazon Basin, has in effect put more pressure on
deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Investors in soybean firms, and their consumers, have been
lobbying the firms to not spur more deforestation. This approach appears to be working somewhat for
soybeans, but deforestation in the Amazon Basin continues by cattle ranchers, as 80% of their product is
, contrasted with that of soybeans.
exported to the Middle East
consumed domestically
exported to North America
exported to China
exported to the European Union
Correct answer
Question 4
2..75 pts
There is the famous "meeting of the waters" near Manaus, where the brownish-colored and silt-laden
Amazon River meets the darker waters of the River.
Branco
Tapajos
Madeira
Japura
Negro
Correct answer
Question 5
2..75 pts
The expansion of in the non-Amazonian part of Brazil has been the initial activity triggering a
"landscape cascade" that, in sequence, eventually puts pressure on deforestation within the Amazon
Basin itself.
sugarcane
cattle ranching
cotton
rice
soybean growing
Correct answer
