How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction?

• they can feed the animals
• they can put the animals in a zoo
• they can protect the animal’s habitat
• they can take the animal to new habitats

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Why is biodiversity so important?

• Because all species depend on each other to survive, so if one becomes extinct another species that relies on it could go extinct as well
• Because it’s better to have only one variation of each species.
• Because it better to only have a few species on Earth.
• Honestly, I have no idea what biodiversity is!

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A plant nursery only grew one type of tomato. All of their tomatoes died from the same disease. What was most likely true of the tomato plant population?

• a. It had too little biodiversity
• b. It had a lot of resistance to disease
• c. It had a few plants that were resistant to disease
• d. It had too much genetic variation

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What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.
• The different amount of species in an area
• All abiotic life
• Nitrogen fixation

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Which is not a biotic factor?

• shrew

• bee balm

• soil

• Indian grass

When an ecosystem has a high number of species present it means that it has a ___________

    A. High Biodiversity                         C. Biodiversity        

    B. Low Biodiversity                          D. Extinction

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which ecosystem has a low biodiversity?

A. Rainforest B. Desert C. Mountains D. Coral Reefs

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which of the following action is in favor in protecting and conserving biodiversity?

A. Riding a bicycle instead of a car

B. Dumping chemicals into the water

C. Planting trees

D. Deforestation

• A

• B

• C

• D

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True or false: primary succession has to finish first before secondary succession starts up.

• True

• False

Secondary succession begins

• on bare, exposed rock.

• after a disturbance like a wildfire.