HESI A2 Reading Comprehension Passages - V2

HESI A2 Reading Comprehension Passages - V2 Mometrix Get Quizlet's official HESI A2 - 355 terms, 518 practice questions, 3 full practice tests Preview Terms in this set (16) V2 Bicycles Changing Time Glass Healthcare Homonyms Isaac Asimov Jazz Laughter Lightning Mr. Rogers Nurseries Rainforest Extras V1 Eating Food Game of Bridge Getting a Good Night's Sleep Chronic Insomnia Phobia Rainforest Safe Driving The Water Cycle Voice White Elephant The Golden Bridge 1. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Amazon Rainforest? Amazon Rainforest About 6% of the earth is covered by rainforests. The largest rainforest in the world is theAmazon Basin, which stretches over 2.3 million square miles in nine different South American countries. This area is double the length of all the other HESI A2 Reading Comprehension Passages - V2 Diagram | Quizlet 4/13/21, 12:07 PM Its precipitation 2. How can you describe the Amazon rainforest? (Choose 2 answers) (A)It rains all time there so the forest is always green. (C)The plants are shaped so that rainwater can pour off them. 3. Which of the following is true about the Amazon Basin? It is more than one-fifth of all the other rainforests in the world. 4. Look at the end of paragraph 2. What does the author refer to when he says "rich and diverse land" at the beginning of paragraph 3? 2,000 birds and mammals in the Amazon rainforest remaining rainforests in the world. Brazil contains 60%of the Amazonian rainforest, since it lies at the mouth of the river Amazon. This river is the second largest in the world and contains more than one-fifth of the world's fresh water. The Amazon rainforest is a type of wet broadleaf forest. The weather there is very humid and warm as it rains quite a bit. Because of the high rainfall, the forest is very rich and green. The tree leaves are pointed and narrow so that the raindrops can easily drop off wet plants. This tropical rainforest has more living species than the entire European continent. There are over 400 types of insects living in one single rain forest tree for a total of 2.5 million species. One square kilometer of rainforest may contain over 75,000 types of trees and approximately 438,000 different kinds of plants, which comes to a total of 90,000 tons of greenery overall. The Amazon rainforest is home to 2,000 birds and mammals, with one in every five birds in the world living there. Local farmers have lived off this rich and diverse land for thousands of years. They have been able to find food and water here without destroying the land. The Kayapo people of Brazil farm in an environmentally-friendly way. Instead of chemicals, they use burned wood to enrich the soil, and plant banana trees, which attract wasps. These wasps then feed on leafcutter ants and get rid of these harmful insects. The rainforest also offers a lot of tropical fruits, such as bananas and coconuts, as food. Cinnamon is made from the HESI A2 Reading Comprehension Passages - V2 Diagram | Quizlet 4/13/21, 12:07 PM 5. What does the sentence "people of Brazil farm in an environmentally friendly way" mean in paragraph 3? They do not poison the soil when farming. 6. Which rainforest plant has more than one use? The Bruti plant 7. What is the biggest problem related to the disappearance of the rainforest? Cutting down trees bark of a rainforest tree. Amazonian Indians use the fruit and stem of the Buruti plant as a drink, to make bread and to build houses. Many other plants are used as medicine. But the Amazon rainforest is in very big danger of disappearing. 9,169 square miles of forest have been cut down in 2003 in Brazil alone. An area of the size of a football field is burned down basically every minute, which means that the rain forest may be gone by the year 2030.The dangers related to this type of activity are obvious. Trees take in poisonous carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen. There is more oxygen and less carbon dioxide around a rainforest. Wh