Leia o texto para responder às questões de 21 When will the Amazon hit a tipp Deforestation in Altamira, Pará state, Bra Scientists say climate change, deforestat could cause the world’s largest rainforest to big question is how soon that might happen. S monitoring tower above the treetops near Mana Brazilian Amazon, the rainforest canopy stret horizon as an endless sea of green. It looks healthy ecosystem, but appearances are deceiv rainforest — which holds 16,000 separate tree slowly drying out. Over the past century, the average temper forest has risen by 1-1.5 oC. In some parts, has expanded during the past 50 years, from f almost five. Severe droughts have hit three t That’s all driving a shift in vegetation. In that trees that do best in moist conditions, legumes from the genus Inga, are dying. Those drier climes, such as the Brazil nut tree (Be are thriving. At the same time, large parts of the Amaz largest rainforest, are being cut down and bu has already shrunk the forest by around 15% f extent of more than 6 million square kilometr which contains more than half the forest, mor has disappeared. Last year, deforestation in by around 30% to almost 10,000 km2, the large decade. And in August 2019, videos of wildfir made international headlines. The number of f was the highest for any August since an extre 2010. (ww a 24. ing point? According to the first paragraph, the Amazon rainforest

1. A)might eventually dry out due to climate change, deforestation and fires.GABARITO
2. B)has already regenerated itself since it looks green and healthy.
3. C)has lost over 16 thousand tree species over last decade.
4. D)appears large and resilient, so deforestation and fires will have a mild impact.
5. E)has already reached a state that makes it difficult to recover from fires and deforestation. zil.