Biodiversity Quiz

1. What is Biodiversity? The variety of life on Earth The variability of life on Earth The measure of variation at the genetic, species and ecosystem level All of the above	2. Which among the following species are extinct? Peregrine Falcon Passenger Pigeon Philippine Eagle Painted Stork
3. What is the most biologically diverse country? China Australia Peru Brazil	4. Which species is endemic to the Philippines? Dwarf Water Buffalo Brown Palm Civet Lion-tailed Macaque White-headed Starling
5.What is the average amount of species lost every day? 1 150 49 16	6. Which of the following is not a cause for loss of biodiversity? Destruction of Habitat Invasion by alien species Keeping animals in zoological parks Over-exploitation of natural resources
7. Since 1970, what percentage of Animals are lost? about 20% about 40% about 50% about 30%	8. What percent of the Mangroves are lost due to human actions? 35% 38% 40% 45%
9. Which of these animals is endangered? Giraffe Panda Wolf Alligator	10. Which of these ecosystems has the most biodiversity? Rainforest Your Body Coral Reefs The Dessert
11. Which type of animal is mostly threatened for extinction? Mammals Birds Insects Amphibians	12. How much plastic is being dumped directly into our ocean? 7 million tons 8 million tons 9 million tons 10 million tons
13. How much plastic are we wasting annually? 100 million tons 200 million tons 300 million tons 400 million tons	14. How much of our forest is destroyed from deforestation? 1,000 hectares 10,000 hectares 100,000 hectares 1,000,000 hectares
15. What percent of the Philippines' fisheries are overfished? 60% 65% 70% 75%