Wildfire smoke turns day into night in Bolivia and Brazil

Sep. 16, 2024

Q: Wildfires are breaking records this year in South America with smoke darkening the skies over cities in Bolivia and Brazil. Most fires are being set to clear land for agriculture, but scientists say climate change is helping the blazes spread faster. Where are Bolivia and Brazil?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: About 3.5 million square miles of South America has been covered by smoke at times, including the continent’s largest city ...

A. Buenos Aires

B. Lima

C. Rio de Janeiro

D. Sao Paulo

Q: Hundreds of people marched in Bolivia's political capital to demand action against the fires, holding banners and placards saying "Bolivia in flames" and "For cleaner air stop burning." What is the capital of Bolivia?

A. Bogata

B. La Paz

C. Montevideo

D. Santa Cruz

Q: The 1.2 million-square-mile Amazon Rainforest covers large areas of Bolivia and Brazil and covers parts of seven other nations. How much of the rainforest has been lost to slash-and-burn clearance to make way for cattle ranching, farming, and mining?

A. 11%

B. 16%

C. 26%

D. 33%

Q: Cattle ranching has been blamed for 80% of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. What is being blamed formed for much of the destruction of rainforests of Southeast Asia?

A. Agriculture

B. Logging

C. Mining

D. All of the above

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