Now redirecting you to The Nature Conservancy's Rainforest Quiz.

Can you answer all of the following quiz questions about the world's rainforests? Click on the links that you think best answer the quiz questions below. Good luck on the rainforest quiz!

1. Rainforests cover what percentage of the Earth’s total surface?
   1. Less than one percent
   2. 2 percent
   3. 10 percent
   4. 45 percent
2. Rainforests provide which of the following products?
   
   
   1. Chewing gum
   2. Medicines
   3. Coffee
   4. All of the above
3. What is a major threat to rainforest ecosystems?
   
   
   1. Illegal logging
   2. Volcanoes
   3. Unsustainably large populations of vampire bats
   4. Desertification
4. Approximately how many plant and animal species are lost each day due to deforestation?
   
   
   1. 5
   2. 20
   3. 50
   4. 100
5. Rainforests can be found in the U.S.
   
   
   1. True
   2. False
6. Which animal can be found in the rainforest?
   
   
   1. Smurf
   2. Fraggle
   3. Orangutan
   4. Dodo
7. What percentage of the Earth’s plant and animal species live in rainforests?
   
   
   1. 10 percent
   2. 25 percent
   3. 50 percent
   4. 75 percent
8. What percentage of the plant and animal species living in the rainforest have been analyzed for their medicinal value?
   
   
   1. Less than one percent
   2. 10 percent
   3. 25 percent
   4. 50 percent
9. Less than 10 percent of remaining temperate rainforest is in North America.
   
   
   1. True
   2. False
10. Rainforests play a significant role in maintaining which of the following?
    
    
    1. Weather patterns
    2. The Earth’s limited supply of drinking and fresh water
    3. More species of plants and animals than any other ecosystem on Earth
    4. All of the above

Rainforest Quiz Scoring Guide

• 0-2 correct:
  Novice: Before you go Trippin', review The Nature Conservancy's rainforest conservation highlights.
• 3-5 correct:
  Jammin': Try seeing what you can do to protect the rainforest.
• 6-8 correct:
  Stylin': Not bad! Just brush up on your rainforest facts.
• 9-10 correct:
  Trippin': You're just like a real rainforest pro!

Learn More About Costa Rica and Rainforest Conservation:

• Where We Work: The Nature Conservancy in Costa Rica
  Costa Rica is known as a leader of the environmental movement and a pioneer of ecotourism in Central America. The Nature Conservancy is working with Costa Rica's leading environmental organizations to protect the country's rich natural heritage.
• Online Field Guide: Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  Twenty-five years after its first national park was created here, the Osa Peninsula – a remote paradise harboring a diversity of habitats and biological richness – remains Costa Rica's last wild frontier.
• Adopt an Acre®: Save the Atlantic Forest of Brazil
  You can help save the rainforest! Help us protect the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, one of the world’s most diverse and fragile rainforests.
• Great Places Network: Join today and receive free member benefits!
  Join a global community of friends and neighbors committed to working together to ensure the diversity of life on Earth for generations to come.
• Tropical and Temperate Rainforests
  Wild and wondrous, rainforests extend from as far as Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa. They nurture thousands of rainforest animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth and provide life's essentials such as our medicines, food and water.

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