Cosmos Magazine - Issue 33 - Edith Cowan University
Cosmos Magazine - Issue 33 - Edith Cowan University
Cosmos Magazine - Issue 33 - Edith Cowan University
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<strong>Cosmos</strong> teaCher’s notes<br />
issue <strong>33</strong><br />
1. What is biodiversity?<br />
a.<br />
b.<br />
c.<br />
d.<br />
The temperature of the Earth<br />
The variety of life on Earth<br />
An ecosystem<br />
A biome<br />
appendix a<br />
BIoDIversIty quIZ<br />
2. What is the name of the ecosystem that holds one sixth of all the planet's species of plant life?<br />
a.<br />
b.<br />
c.<br />
d.<br />
Amazon<br />
pacific ocean<br />
Antarctica<br />
Egypt<br />
3. Which area is one of the most threatened hotspots, where just five per cent of natural habitat remains pristine?<br />
a.<br />
b.<br />
c.<br />
d.<br />
Indo-Burma region<br />
Australia<br />
japan<br />
papua new Guinea<br />
4. how many species are there identified and estimated on the Earth today?<br />
a.<br />
b.<br />
c.<br />
d.<br />
1.5 million:5 million<br />
1 billion:5 billion<br />
4 million:8 million<br />
20 million:30 million<br />
5. Which of the following animals falls into the endangered animal category.<br />
a.<br />
b.<br />
c.<br />
d.<br />
red Kangaroo<br />
numbat<br />
Koala<br />
ring Tailed possum<br />
6. In the past 200 years, ___________ Australian animals have become extinct.<br />
a.<br />
b.<br />
c.<br />
d.<br />
2<br />
200<br />
17<br />
50<br />
1<br />
appendix
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