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Endangered Animals

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is endangering the Laysan Albatross?

a)

They are mistaking bits of plastic as food.

b)

They are eating squid.

c)

They are eating too much chocolate.

d)

They are able to get lots of nutrients from plastic pieces.

2.

On average, how many years do giraffes live in the wild?

a)

about 36

b)

about 70

c)

about 12

d)

about 52

3.

Why are Laysan Albatross heading towards extinction?

a)

People aren't recycling and they are allowing trash to get in the ocean

b)

People are recycling and not allowing trash to get in the ocean

c)

The Laysan Albatross are not recycling and they are allowing trash to get in the ocean.

d)

They can easily tell the difference between a piece of squid and a piece of plastic.

4.

Approximately, how many elephants were alive in Africa in the 1600's?

a)

about 2 million

b)

about 26 thousand

c)

about 26 million

d)

about 260 thousand

5.

Approximately, how long is an adult giraffe's neck?

a)

exactly 8 feet

b)

about 1.8 meters or 6 feet

c)

about 5.5 meters or 18 feet

d)

about 15 feet or 4.572 meters

6.

Corals that have been bleached from rising ocean temperatures turn _______________ when the symbiotic algae leaves the coral.

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

black

d)

red

7.

Which animal is poached for its ivory?

a)

sea turtle

b)

giraffes

c)

honey bee

d)

elephant

8.

Which animal has approximately 20,000 different species?

a)

elephant

b)

mammal

c)

bird

d)

bee

9.

Rising ocean temperatures have been killing...

a)

...the Laysan Albatross.

b)

...the ocean's coral reefs.

c)

...Africa's girrafes.

d)

...Africa's elephants.

10.

Which population would likely increase the most, if everyone recycled?

a)

Giraffe

b)

Elephant

c)

Laysan Albatros

d)

Bengal Tiger

11.

Which three problems are most directly caused by humans?

a)

lack of water, poor eye sight, earthquake

b)

tsunami, flood, drought

c)

habitat loss, illegal hunting, civil unrest

d)

drought, habitat loss, lack of water

12.

What is a female elephant called?

a)

bull

b)

cow

c)

hippo

d)

rhino

13.

Which choice contains populations directly influenced by illegal hunting?

a)

coral reefs, bees, frogs

b)

coral reefs, elephants, giraffes

c)

giraffes, elephants, Laysan Albatross

d)

giraffes, elephants, rhinoceros

14.

Which group is most influenced by climate change and or chemicals?

a)

lions, tigers, bears

b)

coral reefs, frogs, bees

c)

giraffes, elephants coral reefs

d)

bees, frogs, elephants

15.

Which species is quickly disappearing from the rainforest?

a)

frogs

b)

coral reefs

c)

tiger shark

d)

Laysan Albatross

16.

Cross-pollination helps at least 30 percent of the world's crops and 90 percent of our wild plants to thrive.

a)

Bees are a huge help in cross-pollination.

b)

Layan Albatrosare a huge help in cross-pollination.

c)

Elephants a huge help in cross-pollination.

d)

Frogs a huge help in cross-pollination.

17.

Without ________________ to move pollen from flower to flower, many plants, and food crops would die off.

a)

bees

b)

albatross

c)

giraffes

d)

frogs

18.

Though there may be more reasons, _______________ loss is perhaps the biggest contributor to these declines in frog populations.

a)

job

b)

food

c)

habitat

d)

air

19.

Illegal hunting is called...

a)

...poached eggs.

b)

...poaching.

c)

...poching.

d)

...porching.

20.

For nearly 300 years, starting around the mid 1500's, elephant tusks were used to make...

a)

ping pong balls

b)

baseballs

c)

billiard balls

d)

shoes

21.

Over the last 500 years, the elephant population has decreased by an average of...

a)

...about 140 elephants per year.

b)

...about 140 elephants per week.

c)

...about 140 elephants per day.

d)

...about 140 elephants per month.

22.

Some scientists believe that commercial bees may be...

a)

...spreading disease to wild bees.

b)

...increasing the health wild bees.

c)

...eating wild bees.

d)

...at risk of dying, due to disease spread by wild bees.

23.

The giraffe population has shrunk nearly ___________ in just 30 years

a)

90%

b)

40%

c)

25%

d)

15%

24.

The African Elephant population has shrunk approximately ___________ in the last 500 years

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

98%

d)

40%

25.

___________ water temperatures have been killing ___________.

a)

Warming / coral reefs

b)

Cooling / coral reefs

c)

Warming / Laysan Albatros

d)

Cooling / Bees