Please answer!! ASAP 1. What is biodiversity?
a) The animals that live only in rain forests.
b) The rich variety of live organisms in every
ecosystem on Earth.
c) The animals and plants species that live
only in your backyard.

2. Why do we need biodiversity?
a) it provides us with the food we need to eat
b)it provides us with virtually all the things we need to stay alive
c)so we have plenty of trees to use for fuels and materials

3.which of the following places has the highest biodiversity?
a)madagascar &indian ocean islands
b)tropical andes
c)caribbean islands

4. how many biodiversity ‘hotspots’ are there in the world?
a)12
b)25
c)34

5. in these ‘hotspots’ how much of the worlds species are found there?
a)10%
b)25%
c)50%

6. what does ‘endemic’ mean?
a) when a lot of people fall ill
b) when something is only found in one place
c) when a disease spreads throughout the world

7. why is biodiversity under threat?
a) habitat destruction
b)introduction of exotic species
c) both of the above and more

8. what can you do to help save biodiversity?
a) reduce, reuse, recycle
b) plant trees, clean local rivers and parks and protect habitats
c) all of the above