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Reading Comprehension Quiz For: "The Biodiversity Crisis - Are Humans Causing A Sixth Mass Extinction?" and "Conservation of Biodiversity"

This document contains a 10 question reading comprehension quiz about biodiversity loss and conservation. The questions cover topics like the current extinction rate compared to the past, the main driver of the current mass extinction, the largest threats to biodiversity, and reasons for conserving biodiversity such as ecosystem services and ecotourism.

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Reading Comprehension Quiz For: "The Biodiversity Crisis - Are Humans Causing A Sixth Mass Extinction?" and "Conservation of Biodiversity"

This document contains a 10 question reading comprehension quiz about biodiversity loss and conservation. The questions cover topics like the current extinction rate compared to the past, the main driver of the current mass extinction, the largest threats to biodiversity, and reasons for conserving biodiversity such as ecosystem services and ecotourism.

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Reading Comprehension Quiz for: “The Biodiversity Crisis – Are Humans Causing a Sixth Mass

Extinction?” and “Conservation of Biodiversity”


1) Approximately how many species have been driven to extinction in the last 500 years?
A. 17,000
B. 2000
C. 800
D. 25
E. None
2) Of the species on the IUCN Red List, which group has the greatest percentage of threatened
species?
A. Mammals
B. Birds
C. Reptiles
D. Amphibians
E. Fish
3) What percentage of Earth’s species died out during each of the five most severe mass
extinctions in the fossil record?
A. 10–20%
B. 30–40%
C. 45–50%
D. 50–75%
E. >75%
4) According to the studies cited in the articles you just read, how much greater is the current
extinction rate than the average background extinction rate of the last 542 million years?
A. 0–5 times greater than the background rate
B. 510 times greater than the background rate
C. 5075 times greater than the background rate
D. 1001000 greater than the background rate
E. 100,00001,000,000 times greater than the background rate
5) Unlike the five big mass extinctions in the geological record, the current wave of extinctions
is caused by _______________?
A. Human activity
B. Volcanism
C. Sea level changes
D. Changes in ocean chemistry
E. Asteroid impact
6) What is the greatest human-driven threat to biodiversity right now?
A. Climate change
B. Habitat loss
C. Spread of disease
D. Overhunting
E. Inbreeding
7) There are multiple arguments for conserving biodiversity. One of these is that biodiversity
provides us with things like food, medicine, fibers, and wood products. These are examples of
________________?
A. Spiritual benefits
B. Biological resources
C. Recreational benefits
D. Ecosystem services
E. Ethical reasons
8) Pollination is an example of a/an ______________________ provided by biodiversity.
A. biological resource
B. spiritual benefit
C. recreational benefit
D. ecosystem service
E. cultural benefit
9) According to the Conservation of Biodiversity article, which of the following is not a social
and/or spiritual reason for protecting biodiversity?
A. Rights of indigenous peoples to sacred places
B. Ecotourism
C. Aesthetic value
D. Source of genes for genetic engineering
E. Intrinsic value
10) Ecotourism involves which of the following?
A. Development of folk art
B. Development of local irrigation and terracing systems
C. Travel with the desire to view, sustain, and support natural ecosystems and local
cultures.
D. Water purification by soils and wetland plants
E. Using the chemical nature of spider’s silk to design strong, lightweight fibers

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