Rainforest loss (pretest)

The promotion of companies’ sustainably harvested rainforest products is intended to _______.
a.
produce cheaper products
b.
promote overconsumption
c.
give the company a competitive advantage
d.
produce more expensive products

c. give the company a competitive advantage

Which of the following best describes the use of rainforest plants as anticancer drugs?
a.
Most rainforest plants have been tested for their cancer fighting properties.
b.
Twenty-five percent of the active ingredients in cancer drugs are exclusively rainforest plants.
c.
The most powerful anticancer drugs are not rainforest plants.
d.
All of the above

b. Twenty-five percent of the active ingredients in cancer drugs are exclusively rainforest plants.

Rainforests are principally responsible for global oxygen turnover.

False

Which of the following are important products of rainforests?
a.
timber
b.
pharmaceuticals
c.
oxygen
d.
all of the above

D. all of the above

Which of the following is not a product or use of tropical rainforests?
a.
food
b.
medicine
c.
tourism
d.
none of the above

d. none of the above

The sustainable use of rainforest resources is exemplified by _______.
a.
lumber harvesting
b.
ranching
c.
harvesting nuts
d.
none of the above

C. harvesting nuts

The Rainforest Alliance is a program sponsored by several governments of countries with rainforests.

False

Which of the following is not true concerning rainforests?
a.
Twenty-five percent of western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients.
b.
Almost 50,000 rainforest species are lost every year due to deforestation.
c.
Half of all rainforest plants have been tested for their medicinal properties.
d.
Projections say rainforest deforestation could eliminate half of the world’s species.

c. Half of all rainforest plants have been tested for their medicinal properties.

Which of the following is not a method used to improve management of tropical rainforests?
a.
increased logging
b.
establishing special reserves for critical species
c.
utilize better agricultural techniques
d.
the use of plantations

a. increased logging

Around 50,000 rainforest species go extinct every year.

True