Endangered Species Awareness: Quiz!

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Below is an Endangered Species Awareness Quiz. In the world today, according to conservationists, there are a lot of animals that are facing extinction-level threats, and there are measures that have been put in place to safeguard them. If you are a believer in protecting our animals, this quiz is for you. Be sure to give it a try!

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1.

What is something you learned in the section about the Galapagos tortoises?
- A.
  
  Mountain lions ate the Galapagos tortoise eggs.
- B.
  
  The tortoises killed all the rats on the Galapagos Islands.
- C.
  
  The number of Galapagos tortoises has gone down.
- D.
  
  Galapagos tortoises do not live long compared with us.
2.

How are mountain gorillas similar to humans?
- A.
  
  Gorillas and humans are both primates.
- B.
  
  They both have opposable thumbs and walk on two legs.
- C.
  
  Just like people, the baby gorilla can't walk until it is one year old.
- D.
  
  All of the above
3.

Which of the following is a reason that animals are endangered?
- A.
  
  People kill animals for fur or souvenirs.
- B.
  
  People replant the forest they cut down.
- C.
  
  People place animals in zoos to breed them.
- D.
  
  People donate money to charities.
4.

Which of the following restates the main idea of page 29?
- A.
  
  Animals are disappearing because of poachers and farmers.
- B.
  
  We should learn everything that we can about endangered animals so we can help them.
- C.
  
  Whooping cranes are some of the most beautiful birds found in North America.
5.

A word that means the same thing as thriving is:
- A.
  
  Dwindling
- B.
  
  Growing
- C.
  
  Fading
- D.
  
  Increasing
6.

Read the following sentence. "Elephants are endangered because of two problems - poachers and farmers...poachers kill elephants for their valuable ivory tusks." Poachers are -
- A.
  
  People who are concerned for animals.
- B.
  
  People who study animals.
- C.
  
  People who bring animals food.
- D.
  
  People who kill animals illegally.
7.

The base word of feasting is:
- A.
  
  East
- B.
  
  Fast
- C.
  
  Sting
- D.
  
  Feast
8.

Which of the following words means the OPPOSITE of exotic?
- A.
  
  Different
- B.
  
  Unusual
- C.
  
  Normal
- D.
  
  Strange