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Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
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1
How much does America pay a year to control non-native species?
$145,000
$26 billion
$120 million
$160 billion
2
What percentage of Earths species are now extinct?
100%
75%
90%
20%
3
What is bioaccumulation?
Accumulation of a species
When plants get pesticides in their systems
When animals get pesticides in their bodies
Accumulation of bacteria
4
What are seed banks?
Place to preserve seeds
Place to store your seeds
Place for farmers to plant crops
Places to buy seeds
5
All nonnative species are bad for the environment
True
False
6
How much do you think a giant panda pelt costs?
$40,000
$25,000
$250,000
$100,000
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Which of these species is endangered?
Mexican Gray Wolf
Sumatran Tiger
Whooping Crane
California Condor
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What is the greatest threat to extinction
Large predators
Small amounts of producers and prey
Pesticides
Human activity and resource degradation
9
What is an effect of declining honeybee population?
hive destruction sickness
hive sickness
colony disarray disorder
colony collapse disorder
10
Where is the global capital for invasive species?
Africa
Europe
US
Florida
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Why are species vital to natural capital?
Economic Services
Ecosystem Services
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What type of species are especially vulnerable to endangered status?
Water species
Mountain species
Forest species
Island species
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What percentage could disappear this century alone?
10-15%
40-75%
20-50%
70-90%
