Written by: Stephen Pegler
Friday, January 12, 2007

1.  How do you determine the speed of a river?
a.   Speed = distance/time          b.  Speed = time/distance    c. Speed = length x width  d. Speed = height/width

2.  Pitcher plants are plants that    a. eat small insects and animals that fall inside the plant.      b. contain round spheres that look like a baseball.  c. open at rainy times only.    d. live in the desert.

3.  A type of fern that grows in the rainforest that can be eaten is called a     a.  violin.        b.  fiddlehead.             c.  cayenne.        d.  papaya.

4.  How many different types of insects are found in the Amazon Rainforest?
a. 10 million        b.  3 million        c.  100 million             d. 30 million

5.  Leafcutter ants are important to the Amazon ecosystem because they act as    a.  decomposers.           b.  omnivores.        c.  producers.        d.  carnivores.

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