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Unit 10 Endangered Species

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Probability of extinction depends _______ both the population size and fine details of the population demography.

                                                                                  

a)

a. on

b)

b. in

c)

c. from

d)

d. for

2.

Many nations have laws offering protection to these species, such as forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating _______.

                                                     

a)

a. agencies

b)

b. reserves

c)

c. awareness

d)

d. challenges

3.

The world's biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife _______.

                                                

a)

a. prosperous   

b)

b. prefect

c)

c. vulnerable 

d)

d. remained

4.

Toxic chemicals from factories are one of the serious factors that leads wildlife to the _______ of extinction.

                                                                                             

a)

a. wall    

b)

b. fence

c)

c. verge

d)

d. bridge

5.

If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.

                          

a)

a. endangered

b)

b. polluted

c)

c. contaminated

d)

d. deforested

6.

All the countries of the area have _______ to protect their wildlife but they are rarely enforced.

                                                                                         

a)

a. efforts

b)

b. laws

c)

  c. results   

d)

d. reserves

7.

Forest dwellers had always hunted the local _______ but their needs had been small.

                                         

a)

a. wildlife

b)

b. commerce

c)

c. reserve    

d)

d. generation

8.

Closest meaning

Being listed as an endangered species can have negative effect since it could make a species more desirable for collectors and poachers.

                                               

a)

a. awareness

b)

b. preservation

c)

c. support   

d)

d. impact

9.

Closest meaning:

World Wide Fund for Nature was formed to do the mission of the preservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of natural resources, and the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

                      

a)

a. contamination

b)

b. energy

c)

c. extinction

d)

d. development

10.

The Bali Tiger was declared extinct in 1937 due to hunting and ______ loss.

              

a)

a. reserve   

b)

b. habitat

c)

b. generation

d)

d. diversity

11.

_______ is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment. .

                                          

a)

a. Biodiversity   

b)

b. Conservation

c)

c. Globe

d)

d. Individual

12.

Opposite meaning:

  It is found that endangered species are often concentrated in areas that are poor and densely populated, such as much of Asia and Africa.

                     

a)

a. disappeared

b)

b. increased

c)

c. protected

d)

d. reduced

13.

Opposite meaning:

  Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.

                                        

a)

a. destruction

b)

b. contamination

c)

c. fertilizer   

d)

d. limit

14.

_______ is the protection of environment and natural resources.

                                              

a)

a. Survival

b)

b. Commerce

c)

c. Conservation

d)

d. Extinction

15.

1 _______ is a branch of Natural Science, and is the study of living organisms and how they interact with their environment.

                                                 

a)

a. Biology

b)

b. Biological

c)

c. Biologist

d)

d. Biologically