
Threats to Biodiversity
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- Q1What is the term used to describe the predicted extinction of a large percentage of plant and animal species?Selective extinctionGradual extinctionMass extinctionBackground extinction30s
- Q2How does the loss of species affect ecosystems?It leads to the evolution of new speciesIt enhances the stability of ecosystemsIt has no impact on ecosystemsIt disrupts the balance and functioning of ecosystems30s
- Q3What is the term used to describe the process of species evolving into a different species?EvolutionMigrationExtinctionAdaptation30s
- Q4Why do species become extinct?They choose to become extinct.They evolve into a different species.They migrate to a different habitat.They can no longer survive and reproduce in their environment.30s
- Q5What do paleontologists study?Climate changeNatural disastersLiving speciesExtinct species through fossils30s
- Q6What is background extinction?The evolution of a new speciesThe migration of a species to a new habitatThe sudden disappearance of a speciesThe gradual process of species becoming extinct30s
- Q7How can stable ecosystems be changed?By human intervention onlyBy the evolution of new speciesBy the activity of other organisms, climate changes, or natural disastersBy the migration of species to a new habitat only30s
- Q8What is the term used to describe the process of species becoming extinct over time?Background extinctionEvolutionMass extinctionExtinction event30s
- Q9What is the role of climate change in species extinction?It has no impact on species extinctionIt accelerates the rate of extinctionIt causes the evolution of new speciesIt slows down the rate of extinction30s
- Q10What are paleontologists?Scientists who study natural disastersScientists who study living speciesScientists who study fossilsScientists who study climate change30s