Festive Trees Quiz

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Round 1�Fantastic Forests

Question 1: Which country has the most forest in km² Brazil, China or Canada?

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Question 2: The first layer of the rainforest is the forest floor. Can you name the other three layers of the rainforest?

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Question 3: What percentage of Earth's land is covered by rainforest?

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Question 4: What percentage of the planets land life lives in the rainforest? 25%, 50% or 75%

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Question 5: Approximately how many different species of tree are found in the Amazon Rainforest?

120, 1,200 or 12,000

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Question 6: How many countries does the Amazon Rainforest cover? 1 bonus point if you can name them all!

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Question 7: How many people live in or depend on rainforests? 50 million, 100 million or 300 million

Question 8: Name three different types of rainforest? A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth's oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years

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Question 9: What percentage of cancer drugs are derived from plants, including from the rainforests of the world? 25%: 60% or 70%

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Question 10: How tall is the tallest single tree found in the rainforest in meters? (1 point for getting within 5m)

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Answers

Question 1: Which country has the most forest in km²

Brazil, China or Canada?

Brazil¹

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Question 2: The first layer of the rainforest is the forest floor. Name the other three layers of the rainforest?

Understory layer, Canopy layer, Emergent layer ² 1 point each

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Question 3: What percentage of Earth’s land is covered by rainforest?

Just 13%³

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1. https://www.atlasbig.com/en-us/countries-forest-area
2. https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/habitats-and-ecosystems/rainforest-layers/
3. https://rainforests.mongabay.com/0101.htm

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Question 4: What percentage of the planets land life lives in the rainforest? 25%, 50% or 75% 50%¹

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Question 5: Approximately how many different species of tree are found in the Amazon rainforest? 120, 1,200 or 12,000 12,000²

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Question 6: How many countries does the Amazon rainforest cover? 1 bonus point if you can name them all!

9 countries, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana³

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1. https://rainforests.mongabay.com/0301.htm
2. https://www.livescience.com/55387-how-many-trees-in-amazon.html#:~:text=The%20Amazon%20rainforest%20is%20awash,counting%2C%20a%20new%20study%20finds.
3. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-sharing-the-amazon-rainforest.html

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Question 7: How many people live in or depend on rainforests? 50 million, 100million or 300 million

300 million¹

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Question 8: Name three different types of rainforest?

Tropical, Mangrove and Temperate

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Question 9: What percentage of cancer drugs are derived from plants, including from the rainforests of the world? 25%: 60% or 70%

70%²

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1. https://medium.com/thebeammagazine/the-development-of-the-global-rainforests-in-the-next-10-years-932291f9df00#:~:text=And%20it's%20not%20just%20the,%2C%20water%2C%20income%20and%20security.
2. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-medicine/in-amazon-a-frustrated-search-for-cancer-cures-idUSTRE5AG00V20091117

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Question 10: How tall is the tallest single tree found in the rainforest in meters? (1 point for getting within 5m)

100m¹

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^1. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/2019/04/worlds-tallest-known-tropical-tree-has-been-found-and-climbed

That’s bigger than Big Ben!

Round 2�Amazing Animals

Question 1: How small is the smallest monkey in grams 100 grams? 300 grams or 500 grams?

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Question 2: What is the lifespan of a sloth?

10 years, 30 years, or 60 years?

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Question 3: Spider monkeys spend most of their lives in the trees of the amazon, what percentage of their lives are they in the trees for?

79%, 89% or 99%

Question 4: What is the biggest mammal in the amazon rainforest?

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Question 5: What is the most venomous animal in the rainforest? Is it the wandering spider, green anaconda or bullet ant?

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Answers

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Question 1: How small is the smallest monkey in grams 100 grams. 300 grams or 500 grams?

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The pygmy marmoset weighs as little as 100 grams (or just 2 eggs)¹

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^1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_marmoset#:~:text=The%20pygmy%20marmoset%20(Cebuella%20pygmaea,Berthe's%20mouse%20lemur%20is%20smaller).

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Question 2: What is the lifespan of a sloth 10 years 30 years or 60 years?

30 years¹

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Question 3. Spider monkeys spend most of their lives in the trees of the Amazon. What percentage of their lives are they in the trees for? 79%, 89% or 99%

99%²

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1. https://www.livescience.com/27612-sloths.html#:~:text=Sloths%20have%20an%20average%20life,Australia%20died%20at%20age%2043.
2. https://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/spider_monkey_facts/311/

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Question 4. What is the biggest mammal in the amazon rainforest?

The river manatee¹

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Question 5. What is the most venomous animal in the rainforest? Is it the wandering spider, green anaconda or bullet ant?

Wandering spider²

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1. https://amazoncruise.net/the-biggest-mammal-in-the-amazon/#:~:text=The%20biggest%20water%2Ddwelling%20mammal,the%20male%20of%20the%20species.
2. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-dangerous-animals-of-the-amazon-rainforest.html#:~:text=Wandering%20Spiders,means%20%22murderess%22%20in%20Greek.

Round 3�Gift Back to Nature

Question 1. How many planets would we need if everyone on the planet lived liked the average Welsh person?

1.5, 2.08 or 3.3

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Question 2. How many planets would we need if everyone lived like the average Ugandan?

0.8, 1.1 or 1.2

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Question 3: What is the biggest driver of deforestation of tropical forests?

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Question 4: How many Wales would fit inside the Amazon rainforest?

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Question 5: How much tropical forest is lost each year measured in Wales?

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Answers

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Question 1. How many planets would we need if everyone on the planet lived liked the average Welsh person?

1.5, 2.08 or 3.3

2.08

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Question 2. How many planets would we need if everyone lived like the average Ugandan?

0.8, 1.1 or 1.2

0.8

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1. https://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/dc81dd16-9b1c-4eeb-b350-dcadd5ade736/jncc-report-743.pdf

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Question 3: What is the biggest driver of deforestation of tropical forests?

Beef production, followed by soy and palm¹

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Question 4: How many Wales would fit inside the Amazon rainforest?

265 (1 point if you get within 20 Wales)²

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Question 5: How much rainforest was lost in 2018 measured in Wales? 6

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¹ https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/summer-2018/articles/what-are-the-biggest-drivers-of-tropical-deforestation#:~:text=Beef%20production%20is%20the%20top,and%20fourth%20biggest%20drivers)%20combined.

2 hhttps://howmany.sizeofwales.org.uk/

^3. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deforestation-tree-cover-biodiversity-stats

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Now how did you score out of 23?

Are you a forest genius? Did you learn something new?

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Then visit www.sizeofwales.org.uk for more on what you can do to protect our amazing tropical forests and support our festive trees campaign �

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Diolch / Thank you�

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