Amazons

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/amazons

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the Amazon River and why is it so big?The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by water flow, sending about 209,000 cubic meters of water every second into the ocean. It is so big because it collects water from a huge basin that covers over 7 million square kilometers in nine countries.
2. How does the Amazon River help the planet?The river carries a lot of nutrients and helps create fertile floodplains, supports over 3,000 fish species, and the rainforest beside it absorbs CO2 and gives out oxygen, which keeps the air clean.

Evapotranspiration: The process by which moisture is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.
Endemic Species: A species native and restricted to a certain place, meaning it is found nowhere else in the world.
Anthropogenic Pressures: Environmental impacts caused or influenced by human activities, such as deforestation, pollution, and dam construction.