Forests and Rainforests Trivia

Question 1

How long can rival strawberry poison dart frogs wrestle territorially?

Accepted Answer

Up to 20 minutes

Question 2

What share of rainfall in the Rio de la Plata river basin comes from Amazon evapotranspiration?

Accepted Answer

70%

Question 3

How many trees does the planet lose to deforestation each year?

Accepted Answer

About 15 billion

Question 4

According to the WWF, what can forests do in parts of the Amazon?

Accepted Answer

Induce their own rainy seasons

Question 5

If the Amazon rainforest were a country, what would its ranking by size be?

Accepted Answer

The ninth biggest

Question 6

What is America's largest National Forest?

Accepted Answer

Alaska's Tongass National Forest

Question 7

Rainforests cover approximately what share of Earth's land surface?

Accepted Answer

6%

Question 8

What do veiled stinkhorn fungi smell like?

Accepted Answer

Garbage

Question 9

Water from U.S. National Forests is valued at how much per year?

Accepted Answer

$3.7 billion

Question 10

A liana is what kind of plant, like what Tarzan swung from?

Accepted Answer

a woody jungle vine

Question 11

Why don't plants typically grow on the rainforest floor?

Accepted Answer

there is too little sunlight

Question 12

Australian rainforests are made up of what share of rare flowers that can't be seen anywhere else?

Accepted Answer

80%

Question 13

According to the book, jungles and rainforests are what?

Accepted Answer

not the same

Question 14

What key feature does a jungle lack compared to a rainforest?

Accepted Answer

a canopy

Forests and Rainforests trivia