Biodiversity & Threats to Biodiversity

Biodiversity refers to

• extinct species
• the variety of species on Earth
• nonrenewable resources
• the rate of species decline

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1. What makes a species invasive?

• Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives 
• Not having papers
• Species that can't adapt
• Plants that take up too much space

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the breaking of habitats into smaller pieces is called...

• habitat division

• habitat pollution

• habitat corruption

• habitat fragmentation

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Precipitation that contains high amounts of chemical pollutants that injures plants and pollutes the soil and rivers/oceans

• herbicide

• pesticide

• beach erosion

• acid rain

What is the practice of harvesting or hunting to such a degree that remaining individuals may not be able to replenish the population called?

• pollution

• deforestation

• overexploitation

• acid rain

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This is the extinction of a species one by one, not a sudden loss of many species

• background extinction

• mass extinction

• fragmentation

• biotic potential

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Invasive species have a negative impact on...

• the ecosystem
• the economy
• Both the ecosystem and the economy
• None of these

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The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

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Pollution _________________________.

• is harmful materials put into the environment
• found in air, water, and land
• effects plants, animals, and people
• All of the above

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The primary cause of invasive species introduction is

• too much food

• human actions

• weather events

• asteroids

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