Monthly Quiz

This month's quiz: Biodiversity

1. Plants, animals, and micro-organisms provide us with medicine, food and industrial materials. Which of the following is NOT provided by plants?

rubber
soap
insulin
cotton

2. True or false: A species is a group of organisms, such as horses or dogs, that are so genetically similar that they can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

true
false

3. Approximately how many species have scientists named and classified?

100,000
1,500,000
50,000,000

4. Which is NOT a threat to biodiversity?

pollution
overexploitation
conservation
introduced species

5. True or False: Conserving biodiversity is one of WWF's chief aims and since it was founded in 1961, the organization has invested over US$525 million in more than 11,000 projects in 130 countries?

true
false

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