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Extinct and Endangered Animals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean if an animal is extinct?

a)

There are no more (zero) of that animal on earth

b)

There are only a few of that animal on earth

c)

There are many of that animal on earth

2.

Which of the following animals is extinct?

a)

sharks

b)

dogs

c)

pandas

d)

dinosaurs

3.

What does it mean if an animal is endangered?

a)

There are no more (zero) left on earth

b)

There are only a few left on earth

c)

There are many of that animal left on earth

4.

Which animal is endangered?

a)

cats

b)

pandas

c)

goldfish

d)

dinosaurs

5.

What do we call an event that happens quickly and kills all of an animal species?

a)

mass extinction

b)

semi extinction

c)

partial extinction

d)

shadows fall

6.

True or False:

Usually extinction happens slowly over a long period of time.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What are the 2 main ways that extinction occurs?

a)

naturally

b)

human interaction

c)

alien invasion

d)

artificial intelligence

take over

e)

being sucked into an alternate universe

8.

What do many scientists think happened to cause the mass extinction of the dinosaurs?

a)

an asteroid hit the earth

b)

the dinosaurs all caught the flu

c)

aliens took them away to an interstellar zoo

d)

cavemen hunted them into extinction

9.

Naturally occurring extinction happens when animals

cannot adapt to changes in their _____________.

a)

body

b)

environment

c)

school schedule

d)

clothes

10.

Identify 3 ways the natural extinction occurs.

a)

climate change

b)

new predators

c)

loss of food

d)

more food sources

e)

less predators

11.

Choose ALL the examples of human driven extinction.

a)

over hunting

b)

pollution

c)

habitat destruction

d)

deforestation

e)

all of these

12.

True or False:

There are many animals in danger of becoming extinct due to human causes.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

When animals are in danger of becoming extinct they are called______.

a)

endangered

b)

special

c)

troublesome

d)

radical

14.

Today some animals are so endangered they may only be found ______.

a)

at a zoo

b)

in a museum

c)

in your backyard

d)

in a pet store

15.

The video told us about 8 animals that are endangered today.

Write the name of 1 of these animals.

I will give you a bonus point if you can write 2 animals they told us about.

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16.

Right now there are more than _____ species of animals that are endangered.

a)

10,000

b)

2,000

c)

5,000

d)

7,000

17.

Are there things that YOU can do to help stop more animals from becoming endangered?

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

The video told us 4 ways that people can help protect endangered animals.

Tell me at least 1 way that you could help do this.

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19.

What is your favorite animal in the world?

Tell me in at least 1 FULL sentence.

4 lines
20.

Why is it your favorite animal?

Tell me in at least 1 FULL sentence.

4 lines