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What is the approximate percentage of Earth's total plant species that are estimated to live in the Amazon rainforest?
What is the approximate percentage of Earth's total plant species that are estimated to live in the Amazon rainforest?
- 5%
- 10% (correct)
- 20%
- 15%
Which event allowed the Amazon Rainforest to expand across new territory?
Which event allowed the Amazon Rainforest to expand across new territory?
- Mass K-Pg extinction event (correct)
- Subsequent glacial events
- Collision of a large asteroid with Earth
- Eocene Era
What is the estimated age of the Amazon Rainforest?
What is the estimated age of the Amazon Rainforest?
- 55 million years old (correct)
- 40 million years old
- 70 million years old
- 25 million years old
What metal, more commonly found in asteroids, is unusually high around the K-Pg boundary, supporting the theory of the collision event?
What metal, more commonly found in asteroids, is unusually high around the K-Pg boundary, supporting the theory of the collision event?
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Which geographic event allowed the Amazon Rainforest to survive and uniquely evolve for a very long time?
Which geographic event allowed the Amazon Rainforest to survive and uniquely evolve for a very long time?
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