Biodiversity and Extinction

If a species in no longer found living on Earth it is

• pollutants

• extinct

• species

• endangered

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Which statement is true?

• Only human activities cause species to become extinct

• Only natural events cause species to become

• Both natural events and human activities can cause species to become extinct

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Humans are causing extiction in which ways?

• By over hunting animals for food or products.

• By destroying the natural habitat of species.

• By polluting the environments of the world.

• All of the above.

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The remains or trace of an organism that lived long ago is called...

• fossil

• species

• extinct

• endangered

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Which event MOST LIKELY led to the extinction of the dinosaurs?

• New predators for the dinosaurs appeared

• An object from space crashed into Earth and the resulting dust blocked sunlight.

• Pollutants were added to the environment

• They left

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Something that is in danger of disappearing, or becoming extinct is called

• species

• endangered species

• fossil

• extinct

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A species becomes extinct when its members

• die faster that they can reproduce

• reproduce faster than they can die

• depend on more than one resource food

• have excess food supply

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Which is NOT a reason why species have become extinct?

• A climate changed from warm to cold

• An object from space crashed into Earth and produced dust that blocked sunlight

• New prey for the species appeared

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Which event almost caused the bald eagle to become extinct?

• An object from space crashing into Earth

• The Carolina parakeet becoming extinct

• The use of the pollutant DDT by people

• Too many zoos

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Habitat loss has led to the death of many of the prey of Georgia's wood stork. As a result, the wood stork is in danger of becoming extinct soon and is said to be

• endangered

• migrating

• hibernating

• extinct

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