Trivia Quiz on Biodiversity

1. Since 1600, 109 species and subspecies of what have become extinct

A) Birds

B) Mammals

C) Reptiles

D) Plants

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2. What insect family has the most varieties, making up 290,000 of the 751,000 insect classes

A) Beetle the beetle

B) Ants (Formicidae)

C) Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera)

D) Bees and wasps (Hymenoptera)

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3. What order of insects contains the most species

A) Lepidoptera

B) Beetles

C) Diptera

D) Hymenoptera

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4. There are over 32000 known species of what in the world

A) Insects

B) Birds

C) Spiders

D) Reptiles

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5. Over 90% of the worlds total population of what gone since 1970

A) Tigers

B) Elephants

C) Rhinoceros

D) Whales

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6. Name the carnivorous mammal related to the hyena

A) African wild dog

B) Snow leopard

C) Brown bear

D) Aardwolf

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7. What is in the Red Data Book

A) Vulnerable Species

B) Near Threatened Species

C) Endangered Species

D) Extinct Species

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8. What is the word used to describe species that are not extinct

A) Endangered

B) Extirpated

C) Nonexistent

D) Extant

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9. To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong

A) Peru

B) Colombia

C) Brazil

D) Ecuador

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10. Approximately how many species of butterfly are there

A) 100 thousand 100,000

B) 15,000

C) 25,000

D) 50,000

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11. ___________ has 150 recognized ecosystems.

A) Brazil

B) Hawaii

C) Madagascar

D) Indonesia

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12. Which is the largest known butterfly?

A) Monarch butterfly

B) Goliath birdwing

C) Atlas moth

D) Queen Alexandra's Birdwing

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13. There are close to 4,000 known species of frogs, including __________

A) Poison dart frogs

B) Tree frogs

C) Glass frogs

D) Toads

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14. There are 690 known species of __________

A) Owls

B) Bears

C) Bats

D) Dolphins

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15. More species of __________ live in a single tributary of the Amazon River than in all the rivers in North America combined.

A) Birds

B) Fish

C) Insects

D) Amphibians

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16. Which 2 Islands Are The Natural Habitat Of The Orang-Utan?

A) Java & Sulawesi

B) Bali & Lombok

C) Madagascar & Sri Lanka

D) Borneo & Sumatra

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17. What is the most common animal ?

A) Sea worm

B) Ant

C) House mouse

D) Fruit fly

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18. What color spots has the common ladybird

A) Red

B) White

C) Yellow

D) Black

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19. What Sort Of Animal Is A Fer De Lance

A) Lizard

B) Snake

C) Crocodile

D) Turtle

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20. Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about __________ still exist today.

A) 0.01

B) 0.5

C) 1

D) 0.1

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21. There are about 5,000 species of __________ known. Only about half of them build reefs.

A) Sponges

B) Sea urchins

C) Coral

D) Jellyfish

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22. There are more than 450 species of __________ throughout the world.

A) sparrows

B) parrots

C) hummingbirds

D) Finches

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