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WorksheetsAnimal Endangerment and Its Causes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 33mins
When an entire species has completely died out, it has gone EXTINCT.
True
False
Extinction happens:
Over a very SHORT period of time (such as a few months).
Over a very LONG period of time (such as a many years).
About 65 million years ago, ____________ hit the earth and many plant sand animals did not survive or ever come back.
a dinosaur
the Corona Virus
an asteroid
the Sun
Diseases can cause living things to die out.
True
False
Scientists now believe that HUMANS may be causing extinction (living things to die out).
True
False
The place where an animal or plant lives is called a:
circuit
wedge
habitat
force
All of the following can lead to animal extinction EXCEPT?
People building on land where animals once lived
Pollution (poisons animals)
People using animals for meat, clothing, fur, art.
The Flu virus
Climate Change
Why do people illegally hunt elephants?
Because their ivory tusks are worth a lot of money.
To take wildlife pictures with the elephants.
To keep them as pets.
To make them work on farms.
50 percent of all animal and plant species on the Earth live:
in Massena, NY.
at the North Pole.
in tropical rain forests.
in Canada.
When living things have less space, they have less food and water.
True
False
Burning fossil fuels releases __________ into the air.
sunlight
carbon dioxide
magnets
diseases
Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the air is causing:
people to have more kids.
global warming.
schools to close.
less sickness.
Global warming is part of climate change.
True
False
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY................ Climate change can cause:
an increase in the Earth's temperature.
severe heat waves.
changes in rainfall (causing floods or drought)
loss of food for sea life (and other living things).
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