Endangered Species Review Quiz

When a species is at risk of disappearing, what is this called?

• Least concern

• Vulnerable

• Endangered

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A living thing that no longer exists any where on Earth is called what?

• Endangered

• Extinct in the wild

• Extinct

• Vulnerable

If the last three animals of a species are all males, what will happen to the species?

• The species will slowly grow in numbers.

• Since males have babies, no females are needed to reproduce.

• The species will become extinct because it takes a male and a female to reproduce.

Every ecosystem is important and provides some type of benefit. What type of ecosystem service would a coral reef provide?

• fisheries and shoreline protection

• lumber and medicine

• farmland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What can grasslands (a type of ecosystem) provide for people?

• fisheries and shoreline protection

• lumber and medicine

• farmland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What can a tropical rain forest (a type of ecosystem) provide for people?

• fisheries and shoreline protection

• lumber and medicine

• farmland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What could cause a population to become extinct? (Hint: Pick 3 answers).

• Forest cleared for farmland (deforestation)

• Introducing laws to control fishing limits and hunting

• Limited genetic diversity in a population

• Adding a new predator to an area.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

If all of the predators in an ecosystem are killed off, what happens to the prey populations that once served as its food source?

• Prey population will decrease

• Prey population will increase

• Prey will become the predators

• The number of prey will stay the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A species of bird-like the Dodo bird no longer exist. The Dodo bird disappeared 300 years ago. What would this bird be classified as?

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

There are about 30 Amur Leopards left in wild. What would this species be classified as?

• Threatened

• Extinct

• Endangered

• Critically Endangered

• Extinct in the wild

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4