Endangered and Extinct Animals

There are many animals in danger of becoming extinct due to human causes.

• True

• False

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When animals are in danger of becoming extinct they are called______.

• endangered

• special

• troublesome

• radical

What does it mean if an animal is extinct?

• There are no more (zero) of that animal on earth

• There are only a few of that animal on earth

• There are many of that animal on earth

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What does it mean if an animal is endangered?

• There are no more (zero) left on earth

• There are only a few left on earth

• There are many of that animal left on earth

Usually extinction happens slowly over a long period of time.

• True

• False

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Naturally occurring extinction happens when animals

cannot adapt to changes in their _____________.

• body

• environment

• school schedule

• clothes

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Today some animals are so endangered they may only be found ______.

• at a zoo

• in a museum

• in your backyard

• in a pet store

The video told us about 8 animals that are endangered today.

Write the name of 1 of these animals.

I will give you a bonus point if you can write 2 animals they told us about.

Right now there are more than _____ species of animals that are endangered.

• 10,000

• 2,000

• 5,000

• 7,000

The video told us 4 ways that people can help protect endangered animals.

Tell me at least 1 way that you could help do this.

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