What's the most serious threat to biodiversity?

scientists collecting specimens

Which of the following are true statements about little brown bats?

Baby bats weight 20-25 percent of their mother's weight at birth.

Heart rate during flight can reach 1,000 beats per minute.

A little brown bat may life 20 to 30 years.

Little brown bats drink the blood of birds and small mammals.

Without fungi, which of the following would you not be able to do?

eat pizza topped with mushrooms

live in a world free of dead things lying all over the place

put blue cheese dressing on your salad

Which one of the following statements are true?

More than 5,000 different kinds of potatoes have been identified in South America's Andes Mountains.

Potatoes originated in Ireland.

The US grows most of its baking potatoes in Washington.

The French fry, invented by Madame Bonaparte during the French Revolution, became one of Napoleon's favorite snacks.

Which of the following statements about short-tailed shrews are true?

They use a form of echolocation, like bats.

Shrews are known as the "tigers of the small animal world."

Biodiversity includes:

the creatures in your neighborhood soil

Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service?

a ladybird beetle that protects your garden by eating aphid pests

a wetland that filters dirty water

an ocean that controls the earth's climate

a company that rakes people's lawns

Some of the world's most fascinating creatures live in really unusual places. Which of the following is sometimes a home for another living creature?

a caterpillar's abdomen (middle)

a white-tailed deer's intestines

The eastern prairie fringed orchid was once common in the prairies of Illinois. Which ONE of the following statements explains why this plant is now endangered in Illinois?

Habitat loss due to agriculture and development.

The extreme temperatures due to global warming prevent this sensitive plant from producing seeds.

People dig up the plants to use in their flower beds.

It is the favorite food of white-tailed deer.

Which of the following environments on our planet are too harsh to support life?

boiling sulfur springs, where temperatures are commonly 212° F (100°C)

deep-sea hydrothermal vents called "smokers," where the temperature can reach 662° F (350°C)

the frigid ice of the Arctic and Antarctic

Biodiversity IQ

Quiz

•

Biology

•

8th - 12th Grade

•

Practice Problem

•

Hard

•

NGSS

MS-LS2-5, MS-LS2-4, MS-ESS3-4

+4

Standards-aligned

Sara Svoboda

Used 33+ times

FREE Resource

29 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following animals could the fastest human outrun in a 100 yard dash?

cheetah

warthog

American woodcock

domestic cat

wild turkey

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following actually exist?

ants that "herd" aphids for food

slime molds that creep across the ground

trees that can grow with their roots under water

none of the above

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following animals can consume at least half of its body weight in food each day?

little brown bat

masked shrew

ruby-throated hummingbird

none of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the word "biodiversity?"

endangered species

different kinds of planets in the solar system

the variety of all life on earth

biographies about famous biologists

United States Fish and Wildlife Service agents at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago once found which of the following?

18 California kingsnakes

45 pounds of elephant ivory

10 baby turtles

16 vampire bats

Scientists studying bug zappers have learned some interesting facts. Which of the following are among them?

Insects are only attracted to bug zappers because of the zappers' smoky smell.

Bug zappers are great for ridding summer nights of mosquitoes.

Bug zappers could be bad news for certain bird, fish, bat and flower species.

There are more than 4 million bug zappers being used in the US.

Blackpoll warblers are tiny birds that migrate between North America and South America each year. Which of the following statements about them are true?

They use the stars for navigation (finding their way between countries and states).

They make frequent pit stops at fast-food restaurants.

They don't really need to migrate.

If they burned gasoline instead of body fat for fuel, they'd get 720,000 miles to the gallon.

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Continue with Google

Continue with Email

Continue with Classlink

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Apple

Others

Already have an account?

Similar Resources on Wayground

25 questions

Unit 3 Test: Cells

Quiz

•

9th - 12th Grade

25 questions

Review Vocabulary Unit 1

Quiz

•

10th Grade

26 questions

Blood Leaving Cert

Quiz

•

10th - 12th Grade

24 questions

Molls Photosynthesis Review

Quiz

•

9th - 12th Grade

24 questions

Skull

Quiz

•

10th Grade - University

25 questions

Lesson 6 -Transcription and Translation

Quiz

•

8th - 9th Grade

25 questions

2021.DNA, RNA, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

Quiz

•

9th Grade - University

33 questions

Ecology

Quiz

•

9th - 10th Grade

Popular Resources on Wayground

15 questions

Fractions on a Number Line

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

20 questions

Equivalent Fractions

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

25 questions

Multiplication Facts

Quiz

•

5th Grade

54 questions

Analyzing Line Graphs & Tables

Quiz

•

4th Grade

$fractions$

22 questions

fractions

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

20 questions

Main Idea and Details

Quiz

•

5th Grade

20 questions

Context Clues

Quiz

•

6th Grade

15 questions

Equivalent Fractions

Quiz

•

4th Grade

Discover more resources for Biology

20 questions

Cell Organelles

Quiz

•

9th Grade

14 questions

Ecological Succession: Primary and Secondary

Quiz

•

9th Grade

22 questions

Human Body Systems Overview

Quiz

•

9th Grade

25 questions

photosynthesis and cellular respiration

Quiz

•

9th Grade

21 questions

Meiosis Vs Mitosis

Quiz

•

10th Grade

10 questions

Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis: Key Differences and Stages

Interactive video

•

6th - 10th Grade

13 questions

Amoeba Sisters Viruses Video quiz

Interactive video

•

9th Grade

20 questions

Cladogram Practice

Quiz

•

10th Grade

Biodiversity IQ

29 questions

Which of the following animals could the fastest human outrun in a 100 yard dash?

Which of the following actually exist?

Which of the following animals can consume at least half of its body weight in food each day?

Which of the following best describes the word "biodiversity?"

United States Fish and Wildlife Service agents at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago once found which of the following?

Scientists studying bug zappers have learned some interesting facts. Which of the following are among them?

Blackpoll warblers are tiny birds that migrate between North America and South America each year. Which of the following statements about them are true?

Which of the following can be considered an enemy of the Great Lakes?

What's the most serious threat to biodiversity?

Bread mold is being developed into medicines by humans. What type of medicine is made from it?

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Biology