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Climate changes of just a couple degrees can drive a species to extinction.

• True
• False

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

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Populations of species which do not adapt to their environment can eventually become...

• stronger
• humans
• extinct
• angry

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Currently sharks are on a rapid decline due to overfishing. If sharks go extinct will this affect the biodiversity of the ocean?

• No, sharks are not important.
• No, sharks will only affect the seal populations.
• Yes, it will disrupt the entire food chain in the ocean.
• Yes, but only a little.

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What is a conservation program?

• Something once lived but no longer exists.
• Animals that is at risk of extinction.
• Place that protects animals at risk.

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A species that is likely to become extinct if protective measures are not taken immediately is known as

• threatened species

• endemic species

• keystone species

• endangered species

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What is an invasive species?

• an organism that IS native to an area and causes harm to the environment/humans

• an organism that is NOT native to an area and causes harm to the environment/humans

• an organism that is NOT native to an area and helps the environment/humans

• an organism that IS native to an area and helps the environment/humans

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True/False: Water pollution doesn't hurt animals living in the water

• True

• False

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Study of populations in relation to environment, including environmental influences on density and distribution, age structure, and population size.

• population ecology

• community ecology

• ecosystem ecology

• biosphere ecology

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In a mass extinction, the rate of extinction exceeds

• 99%

• 85%

• the rate of environmental change

• the rate of background extinction

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