"Why is the World Green?" Quiz

What was the original problem that got scientists even curious about the islands in Venezuela?

• A new species of monkeys was found.

• All of the flora and vegetation was dead on some islands.

• The valley had flooded.

• The islands had the best grass in the world.

What is the definition of ecosystem?

• An animal's home

• A community

• plants and vegetables in an area

• all of the living things that live together in one area

What is the definition of habitat?

• Basically a home for the specific animal and it's family.

• a habit that you cannot break.

• the community you live with.

• a farm or forest

What is one way people can hurt the environment?

• throwing away trash

• cleaning up the destruction from a tornado

• dumping oil into the ocean

• naming an area a national park

What is one way that people can help our environment?

• cleaning up the plastic pollution in the ocean

• throwing trash out of the car window

• running water constatnly

• dumping oil in the ocean

What did scientists discover that all of the islands with no greenery have in common?

• no bugs

• no monkeys

• no apex predators

• no ants

Scientists finally came to the conclusion that all of the grass, trees, plants, etc. died on these specific islands because there were no apex predators, which lead to.......

• underappreciation

• acceptance

• overpopulation

• underwhelmed

No jaguars and pumas meant there became an overpopulation of.....

• bears

• eagles

• dinosaurs

• monkeys

An overpopulation of monkeys and iguanas lead to them living more and not dying off. This doesn't sound like a bad thing, but it became one because it lead to too many .....

• leaves to eat

• mouths to feed

• jaguars

• dance break moments :)

overpopulation = ______________

• happiness

• balanced ecosystem

• population

• unbalanced ecosystem