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Biodiversity IQ

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following could the fastest human outrun in a 100-yard race?

a)

Cheetah

b)

Wart Hog

c)

Three-toed sloth

d)

American woodcock

e)

Domestic cat

2.

Which of the following actually exist?

a)

Ants that “milk” aphids for food

b)

Frogs that eat their own fertilized eggs, then throw up the babies that hatch in their stomachs

c)

Slime molds that creep a cross the ground

d)

Flowers that trick insects into mating with them

3.

Which one of the following best describes the word, “biodiversity”?

a)

Another word for endangered species

b)

Another word for wildlife

c)

The variety of all life on earth

d)

A bunch of biographies

4.

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.

a)

They use the stars for navigation

b)

They make frequent pit stops at fast food restaurants

c)

They don’t really need to migrate

d)

If they burned gasoline for fuel instead of body fat, they’d get 720,000 miles to the gallon!

5.

What is the best thing you can do to control mosquitoes on a hot summer evening?

a)

Buy an electric bug zapper

b)

Install a backyard bat house

c)

Spray them with cans of insect repellent

6.

Which of the following was developed into penicillin?

a)

bread mold

b)

vampire bat saliva

c)

wild yams

d)

White willow tree

7.

Which of the following was developed into aspirin?

a)

Bread mold

b)

Vampire bat saliva

c)

Wild yams

d)

White willow tree bark

8.

Which of the following would not be possible without fungi? Choose all that apply.

a)

Eating mushroom pizza

b)

Making bread

c)

Living in a world without piles of dead things

d)

Eating bleu cheese

9.

How many species are estimated to be on Earth?

a)

1 million

b)

10 million

c)

100 million

d)

10 billion

10.

How many species have scientists actually discovered on Earth?

a)

17,000

b)

1.7 million

c)

17 million

d)

17 billion

11.

What’s the most serious threat to biodiversity?

a)

Habitat loss

b)

Pollution

c)

Hunting

d)

Climate change