BIODIVERSITY and EVOLUTION

What is survival of the fittest?

• It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

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In the energy pyramid shown, which organism has the least amount of biomass?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

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What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level in an energy pyramid?

• 10%
• 50%
• 90%
• 100%

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What does evolution mean?

• To change something
• To change and adapt over time
• To lose some original features
• To improve ssomething over time

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An endangered species is

• One whose numbers are so small that it is at risk of extinction
  
• One whose not been spotted after many years.
• One whose numbers are abundant.

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A species is defined as endangered when it

• suffers from damage to its habitat.
• suffers from disease or predation.
• when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
• all of the above

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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 protects registered endangered species by removing them from the "take" list which makes it unlawful to

• shoot
• capture
• trap
• all of the above

Which term refers to  the capturing and reintroducing of an endangered species into the wild?

• legal protection
• captive breeding
• habitat conservation
• germ-plasm banks

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The biggest loss to biodiversity is 

• climate change
• overharvesting
• habitat loss
• pollution 

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which of the following is NOT a characteristics of a stable, non-evolving population?

• the population is small
• there is no migration in or out of the population
• there is no natural selection in the population
• mating in the population is random

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