Biodiversity Quiz

What does biodiversity refer to?

• The behavior of animals in the wild

• The process of photosynthesis in plants

• The study of rocks and minerals

• The variety of life on Earth at all its levels

What do ecosystems contain?

• Both living and nonliving parts

• Neither living nor nonliving parts

• Only nonliving parts

• Only living parts

What was Bill Nye trying to demonstrate by removing some of the blocks in his tower of blocks?

• The importance of building strong structures

• The process of erosion

• The impact of species extinction on the balance of other living things

• The concept of gravity

What does the expression 'You pick a flower without jiggling a star' say about ecosystems?

• Everything affects everything else

• Ecosystems are not affected by human activities

• Ecosystems are not important for the survival of species

• Ecosystems are completely isolated from each other

In Consider the Following, Bill Nye makes a special request to not spread out our development projects. WHY?

• To limit our impact on the environment

• To promote the growth of invasive species

• To encourage species extinction

• To increase the impact on the environment

Name at least two species that have gone extinct.

• Passenger pigeon, pearly mussel

• Lion, tiger

• Polar bear, bighorn sheep

• Dodo bird, elephant

The 'best way to wipe out a species' is to change its...

• Color

• Size

• Natural habitat

• Diet

In the area where the students were digging out invasive plants, what was on that land originally, before it was a dump?

• A lake

• A forest

• A desert

• A mountain

What is the largest ecosystem in the world?

• The desert

• The ocean

• The tundra

• The rainforest

Of the 30,000,000 species on Earth, how many are lost each HOUR?

• 25

• 17

• 10

• 5