Threats to Biodiversity- HIPPCO TEST

Breaking up large areas of habitat into smaller pieces is called...

• Destruction

• Conservation

• Logging

• Fragmentation

A species that is not supposed to be in an ecosystem (non-native) and has no competition

• invasive species

• fossil fuels

• direct harvesting

• indicator species

Reducing the quality of habitat through pollution or invasive species is called ___________.

• degradation

• destruction

• fragmentation

• mitigation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Fishing tuna at a rate of more than they can replace themselves is known as?

• Habitat destruction

• unsustainable

• trophic cascade

• overharvesting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is NOT a cause for the current decline in the biodiversity of our ecosystem?

• overexploitation of resources

• increasing human populations

• pollution of water sources

• regenerating forests

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Biodiversity refers to

• extinct species
• the variety of species on Earth
• nonrenewable resources
• the rate of species decline

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are some effects of global warming?

• increase in ice caps and lower sea levels

• increase in tree growth and melting of ice caps

• Rising sea level and melting of ice caps

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Catching or removing more aquatic animals than the population can replace:

• livestock

• domesticated animals

• aquaculture

• overharvesting

• ruminants

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Untreated sewage entering rivers is an example of what part of HIPCO?

• Habitat Loss

• Invasive Species

• Pollution

• Overharvesting

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Burning fossil fuels results in there being more greenhouse gases to trap heat around the globe. This causes

• Habitat loss

• Invasive Species

• Pollution

• Climate Change

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6