Biodiversity Vocab

Biodiversity Vocab

8th - 12th Grade

9 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Biology

8th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS2-7, HS-LS4-5, MS-LS2-5

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Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem  is called?

endangered species
biology
biodiversity
natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

DNA
Chromosome
RNA
gene

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.

keystone species
corner species
important species
essential species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife

biotourism
ecotourism
conservation tourism
endangered tourism 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

threatened species
extinct species
endangered species
invasive species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future

endangered species
threatened species
invasive species
extinct species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

what term is also known as alien speciesinvasive species, non-indigenous species

exotic species 
threatened species
damaged species 
extinct species 

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission is called?

hunting
poaching
encroaching
trapping 

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lemurs are a type of endemic species what does this mean?

plants and animals that exist only in one  region
Plants and animals that exist in many regions
plants and animals that are indigenous to an area 
plants and animals not originally from the area