Threats to Biodiversity

Which habitat has the greatest impact resulting from edge effects? 

• A

  
  

• A and B equally 

  
  

• B

  
  

• neither A nor B 

  
  

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which habitat naturally supports the greater amount of biodiversity? 

• A

  
  

• B

  
  

• A and B equally 

  
  

• neither A nor B 

  
  

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which is not a way in which species lose their habitats? 

• disruption

  
  

• pollution

  
  

• destruction

  
  

• background extinction 

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Approximately how much greater is the current background extinction compared to the normal rate? 

• 1 time

  
  

• 10 times

  
  

• 1000 times

  
  

• 10,000 times

  
  

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which condition triggered the chain of events that caused kelp forests to begin to disappear? 

• an increase in sea urchins

  
  

• a decrease in the amount of plankton

  
  

• an increase in the number of sea otters

  
  

• pollution caused by pesticides

  
  

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4