Biodiversity Application (Pika and Tigers)

Biodiversity Application

(Pika and Tigers)

Multiple Choice

Why to pika have a high metabolism and high internal body temperature?

• They are little

• The need to stay warm in their cold habitat

• It helps them find food

• Pika use it to attract mates

Open Ended

Climate change is causing the pika's habitat to be more extreme. It is sometimes warmer in the summer and colder in the winter. As the climate gets warmer what will happen to the Pika if they don't adapt to these changes?

Multiple Select

How might climate change be impacting the Pika? (choose all that apply)

• Less or changing snowfall patterns causing less snowpack

• Higher temperatures making them migrate to higher elevations

• Changing weather patterns making less food available

Multiple Choice

What will probably happen to the pika's genetic diversity as it moves higher up the mountains to find cooler temperatures in the summer?

• Less diversity

• More diversity

• No change

Tigers at the Tipping Point

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/broken-tail-a-tigers-last-journey-tigers-at-the-tipping-point/6387/

Multiple Choice

What will probably happen to the tiger's genetic diversity as humans continue to build cities and roads in their range?

• Less diversity

• More diversity

• No change

Open Ended

Why is the tiger's genetic diversity impacted by habitat fragmentation?