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WorksheetsBiodiversity IQ
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 2mins
1. Which of the following could the fastest human outrun in a 100-yard race?
Cheetah
Wart Hog
Three-toed sloth
American woodcock
Domestic cat
Which of the following actually exist?
Ants that “milk” aphids for food
Frogs that eat their own fertilized eggs, then throw up the babies that hatch in their stomachs
Slime molds that creep a cross the ground
Flowers that trick insects into mating with them
Which one of the following best describes the word, “biodiversity”?
Another word for endangered species
Another word for wildlife
The variety of all life on earth
A bunch of biographies
Which of the following are true statements about blackpoll warblers, tiny birds that migrate between North America and South America each year? Choose all correct answers.
They use the stars for navigation
They make frequent pit stops at fast food restaurants
They don’t really need to migrate
If they burned gasoline for fuel instead of body fat, they’d get 720,000 miles to the gallon!
What is the best thing you can do to control mosquitoes on a hot summer evening?
Buy an electric bug zapper
Install a backyard bat house
Spray them with cans of insect repellent
Which of the following was developed into penicillin?
bread mold
vampire bat saliva
wild yams
White willow tree
Which of the following was developed into aspirin?
Bread mold
Vampire bat saliva
Wild yams
White willow tree bark
Which of the following would not be possible without fungi? Choose all that apply.
Eating mushroom pizza
Making bread
Living in a world without piles of dead things
Eating bleu cheese
How many species are estimated to be on Earth?
1 million
10 million
100 million
10 billion
How many species have scientists actually discovered on Earth?
17,000
1.7 million
17 million
17 billion
What’s the most serious threat to biodiversity?
Habitat loss
Pollution
Hunting
Climate change
