Endangered Animals Quiz 1

What does it mean when an animal is endangered?

• Something once lived but no longer exists.
• Animals that is at risk of extinction.
• Place that protects animals at risk.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does it mean when an animal is extinct?

• Something once lived but no longer exists.
• Animals that is at risk of extinction.
• Place that protects animals at risk.

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CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.4

As many as 30 to 50 percent of all species are possibly heading toward extinction by mid-century.

• True
• False

What is a habitat?

• It is an artificial area where wildlife lives.
•  It is any natural region where wildlife lives undisturbed
• It is a protected region created by people to save wildlife.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

What are the greatest problems facing plants, animals, and people?

• introducing new species that  can cause problems 
• habitat destruction
• illegal hunting 
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.3

Who can help save endangered species?

• environmentalist
• you
• scientists
• all of the above!

What is NOT a reason for the extinction of the Dodo Bird?

• Hunted by People
• Pets from settlers eating the Dodo Birds eggs
• Dodo birds drowned in the ocean
• Dodo birds habitat was destroyed

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.8

What can you do to save endangered species?

• Protect wildlife

• To adopt them as pets

• To put them in zoos

• To make them reproduce