Amazon Rainforest

Start with the basics

The Amazon Rainforest quiz is a starting point for checking what you already know. Its questions cover the rainforest’s age, the countries it spans, another name for it and its layers. You can use the questions to identify areas to look at more closely in the other resources on this page.

For a different way into the topic, the flashcards on the Amazon as a tropical rainforest ask about its location and carbon storage. The mind map “Tropical Rainforest: The Amazon” includes material on water and precipitation.

Explore deforestation

The “Deforestation” mind map covers rates of rainforest clearance. For a closer look at the Amazon, “Brazil, Amazon, Deforestation” includes information on causes of clearance. These maps give you material to compare as you study the topic.

Next, look at “Impacts of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest”. It organizes impacts at global, national and local levels, with positive and negative categories. Its examples include roads and trade. The “Brazil and Tropical Rainforests” flashcards also ask about causes and impacts of deforestation, as well as rainforest layers and the meaning of a biome.

Combine maps and questions

Start with a quiz question, then use a relevant mind map or flashcard deck to study the area it raises. After reading, return to the question and see what you can explain. The other quiz on the page focuses on precipitation, temperature and rainfall interception, making it useful alongside the map on water and precipitation.

See the unit connection

Amazon Rainforest is a section of the Biomes and Rainforests unit in Environmental science and ecology. The resources bring together questions about the rainforest itself and material on deforestation, giving you several ways to explore this section of the unit. Choose a mind map to pair with a quiz as you study.