Biodiversity and Extinction

Biodiversity and Extinction

9th Grade

25 Qs

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Biodiversity and Extinction

Biodiversity and Extinction

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-5, MS-ESS3-4, MS-LS4-1

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is the disappearance of a particular population from a given area, but not the entire species globally.

extinction

extirpation

evacuation

evaluation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is the extinction of a species one by one, not a sudden loss of many species

background extinction

mass extinction

fragmentation

biotic potential

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This classification of risk means that the species is at serious risk of extinction.

threatened

vulnerable

endangered

extinct

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The status of a "threatened species" means:

they are almost extinct

they are likely to become endangered

they are extinct

their numbers are increasing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to biologists, what percentage of species have become or are expected to become extinct between 1900 and 2100?

1%

10%

25%

60%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How is the current decline in biodiversity different from the previous mass extinctions that Earth has experienced?

It is happening much more slowly

This time it is not really happening

It is made worse by an asteroid hitting Earth

This is being caused by humans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is causing the 6th mass extinction?

anthropogenic causes

global cooling

mass species extinctions

vast increase in species biodiversity

Tags

2.4

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