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5.2 Threats to Biodiversity ม4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an introduced species?

a)

A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area.

b)

A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area.

c)

A keystone species in an environment

d)

none of the above

2.

_______ happens when pollutants rich in nitrogen and phosphorus contaminate waterways causing excessive algae growth.

a)

Eutrophication

b)

Introduced species

c)

Biological Augmentation

d)

Nonrenewable Resource

3.
A species is defined as endangered when it
a)
suffers from damage to its habitat.
b)
suffers from disease or predation.
c)
when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
d)
all of the above
4.

The primary causes of extinction (and endangerment and threatened status) is...

a)

polar ice cap melting

b)

global warming

c)

habitat loss and degradation

d)

burning of fossil fuels

5.

How does habitat fragmentation reduce genetic diversity in species?

a)

Habitat fragmentation makes nonnative species introduction possible.

b)

Habitat fragmentation opens migration routes.

c)

Habitat fragmentation isolates a large population into smaller groups.

d)

Habitat fragementation encourages open gene flow.

6.

What name is given to precipitation that contains nitric and/or sulfuric acids?

a)

acid rain

b)

deforestication

c)

global warming

d)

eutrophication

7.

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

a)

pollution

b)

deforestation

c)

overexploitation

d)

acid rain

8.

Which organism in the food web shown to the right would

contain the highest concentration of chemical pollutants?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers

9.

Habitat fragmentation causes....

a)

less interior habitat and more edge habitat

b)

more interior habitat and less edge habitat

c)

less interior habitat and less edge habitat

d)

more interior habitat and more edge habitat

10.

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

a)

background extinction

b)

mass extinction

c)

fragmentation

d)

biotic potential