Conservation Biology

Conservation biology provides ways to preserve _____. 

• Threatened and endangered species
• Human comfort
• Captive populations

What is a habitat? 

• The place or environment where a plant or animal grows most quickly. 
• The place or environment where a plant or animal natural or normally lives and grows. 
• The place or environment where a plant or animal are most numerous. 

Why is biodiversity important?

• Keeps ecosystems balanced

• Causes extinction

• it isn't

• It keeps plants alive

True or false: The loss of biodiversity could destroy the world

• True

• False

True or False: Extinction rates are decreasing

• True

• False

True or false: Homo sapiens are dependent on Biodiversity

• False

• True

This classification of risk means that the species is at serious risk of extinction.

• threatened

• vulnerable

• endangered

• extinct

The status of a "threatened species" means:

• they are almost extinct

• they are likely to become endangered

• they are extinct

• their numbers are increasing

All of the following are causes for biodiversity loss, EXCEPT:

• Habitat Loss

• Invasive Species

• Replanting trees

• Pollution

The greatest cause of biodiversity loss today is

• Pollution

• Habitat loss and change

• Climate Change

• Invasive species