Life in the Amazon Basin | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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It is about the climate, flora and fauna of the Amazon basin.

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Which continent is this?

South America

20

Which is the slowest animal in the forest?

Sloth

10

How is the weather in the Amazon rainforest?

Hot and wet climate

15

The place where the river enters into another body of water is called ________

mouth

10

These small rivers which join the main river are called ________

tributaries

15

Identify this bird

Toucans

20

Identify this image (Hint : Large apartment-like houses with a steeply slanting roof)

Maloca

25

Which is the largest snake found in the Amazon rainforest?

Anaconda

20

_________ is a way of cultivating land where farmers clear a piece of land by cutting down trees and bushes.

Slash and Burn

20

The staple food of the people living the Amazon rainforest is paddy. True/False

False

10

Name this special plant that can store water in their leaves.

Bromeliads

25

The Amazon basin lies in the sub tropical region between between 10°N and 10°S. True/False

False

15

Identify this flesh eating fish found in the river.

Piranha

15

Slash and burn agriculture is also known as _________

Shifting cultivation

20

Pick the odd one out- Coffee, sugarcane, maize, cocoa

Sugarcane

25

Kolkata is located on River _________

Hooghly

10