Q.1
We all know that trees produce oxygen. How many mature sycamore trees are needed to provide enough oxygen for one person?
  • One or two
  • Seven or eight
  • Twenty or thirty
  • Fifty or sixty
Q.2
As well as producing oxygen, trees also remove carbon dioxide from the air. Each year they remove what fraction of the CO humans put into the atmosphere?
  • One half
  • One quarter
  • One eighth
  • One sixteenth
Q.3
Deforestation causes lots of problems. Which of the following is NOT caused by deforestation?
  • Increased greenhouse gasses
  • Flooding
  • Plastic pollution
  • Habitat loss
Q.4
Forests are vital to life on Earth. How much of the Earth’s land is covered by forests?
  • One third
  • One half
  • Two thirds
  • Three quarters
Q.5
Forests are being cut down at a rate of 18.7 million acres per year. That’s 3 times the size of which country?
  • Northern Ireland
  • Wales
  • France
  • China
Q.6
We know that deforestation is a problem, yet we still chop forests down. What is the main reason for this?
  • To make way for farms
  • Logging for timber and fuel
  • Mining
  • All of the above
Q.7
To create farmland, forests are cut down and their stumps and seedlings burned. What is the name of this agricultural method?
  • Hack and flame
  • Chop and char
  • Slash and burn
  • Axe and ash
Q.8
How many species are we losing a day because of deforestation?
  • 1 to 2
  • 10 to 20
  • 50 to 70
  • 100 to 200
Q.9
Tropical rainforests have given us medicines we take for granted. What percentage of our medicines come from them?
  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 15%
  • 25%
Q.10
What can you do to fight deforestation?
  • Become vegan
  • Go paperless
  • Recycle card and paper
  • All of the above
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