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HESI A2 Reading Comprehension Passages - V2 Mometrix Get Quizlet's official HESI A2 - 355 terms, 518 practice questions, 3 full practice tests Preview Terms in this set (16) V2 V1 Bic... ycles Eating Changing Time Food Glass Game of Bridge Healthcare Getting a Good Night's Sleep Chronic Insomnia Homonyms Phobia Isaac Asimov Rainforest Jazz Safe Driving Laughter The Water Cycle Lightning Voice Mr. Rogers White Elephant Nurseries The Golden Bridge Rainforest Extras 1. According to Amazon Rainforest paragraph 1, which of About 6% of the earth is covered by rainforests. the following is NOT The largest rainforest in the world is theAmazon mentioned about the Basin, which stretches over 2.3 million square Amazon miles in nine different South American countries. Rainforest? This area is double the length of all the other Its precipitation 2. How can you describe the Amazon rainforest? (Choose 2 answers) 3. Which of the following is true about the Amazon Basin? 4. Look at the end of paragraph 2. What does the author refer to when he says "rich and diverse land" at the beginning of paragraph 3? 2,000 birds and mammals in the Amazon rainforest remaining rainforests in the world. Brazil contains 60%of the Amazonian rainforest, since it lies at the mouth of the river Amazon. This river is the second largest in the world and contains more than one-fifth of the world's fresh water. The Amazon rainforest is a type of wet broadleaf forest. The weather there is very humid and warm as it rains quite a bit. Because of the high rainfall, the forest is very rich and green. The tree leaves are pointed and narrow so that the raindrops can easily drop off wet plants. This tropical rainforest has more living species than the entire European continent. There are over 400 types of insects living in one single rain forest tree for a total of 2.5 million species. One square kilometer of rainforest may contain over 75,000 types of trees and approximately 438,000 different kinds of plants, which comes to a total of 90,000 tons of greenery overall. The Amazon rainforest is home to 2,000 birds and mammals, with one in every five birds in the world living there. Local farmers have lived off this rich and diverse land for thousands of years. They have been able to find food and water here without destroying the land. The Kayapo people of Brazil farm in an environmentally-friendly way. Instead of chemicals, they use burned wood to enrich the soil, and plant banana trees, which attract wasps. These wasps then feed on leafcutter ants and get rid of these harmful insects. The rainforest also offers a lot of tropical fruits, such as bananas and coconuts, as food. Cinnamon is made from the ...........................................................................continued........................................................................................................ [Show More]

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