Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 2 - Biodiversity at Risk
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Madagascar is the only home of which primate species?
a. | baboons | b. | chimpanzees | c. | lemurs | d. | gibbons |
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The major human causes of extinction today are
a. | poaching and destroying habitats. | b. | polluting and introducing nonnative
species | c. | Both (a) and (b) | d. | Neither (a) nor
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Which of the following areas of the United States are considered biodiversity
hotspots?
a. | Florida Everglades and the Pacific Northwest | b. | Great Lakes and the
Grand Canyon | c. | California coast | d. | Both (a) and
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Matching
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Section 2 - Biodiversity at Risk
Choose the letter of
the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | endemic species | e. | biotechnology | b. | mass extinction | f. | extinct species | c. | biodiversity
hotspot | g. | exotic
species | d. | endangered species |
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fire ants in southeastern United States
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passenger pigeon
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Florida panther
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death of the dinosaurs
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honeycreepers in Hawaiian Islands
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Amazon rain forest
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10.
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making chemicals or drugs from plants
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