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Biodiversity Quiz

Complete our Biodiversity Quiz Sheet by circling the correct answers and you could win £15 Squires
Garden Centre Vouchers. All the best entries will go into a prize draw. Hand in at Kingston Library by
30 October 2010. The lucky winner will be announced 6 November. One entry per person.

Q1. Which island is home to an estimated 10,000- 12,000 plant species, of which
over 90% are found nowhere else on earth?
a. Galapagos
b. Madagascar
c. Mauritius (source Kew website)

Q2. How many plant species are at risk of extinction today?


a. 60,000 - 100,000
b. 10,000 - 20,000
c. 300,000 - 400,000 (source Kew website)

Q3. What percentage of the woodland that covered the UK in 1600 remains today?
a. 2%
b. 11%
c. 40% (source WWF nature at risk)

Q4. Organisms that offer warning of impending biodiversity loss are called what?
a. Indicator species
b. Endangered species
c. Exotic species

Q5. What has the United Nations Environment Programme estimated as the annual
global cost of not preserving ecosystems and biodiversity?
a. £1.2- £2.8 million per year
b. £1.2- £2.8 billion per year
c. £1.2- £2.8 trillion per year (source NHM website)

Q6. Rainforests once covered 14% of the land but now cover only 6%. At present
rates of deforestation, how long will it take to destroy all the remaining
rainforests?
a. 30 years
b. 70 years
c. 100 years (source National Geographic)

Q7. Plants are essential to modern and traditional medicine. In developed


countries, what proportion of prescriptions contain materials obtained from
plants?
a. One quarter
b. One half
c. Three quarters (source Kew Gardens)

Q8. Which institute has over 8,000 animal samples preserved by freezing at very low
temperatures in order to help prevent species eradication?
a. The Australian Frozen Zoo
b. The Audubon Centre for Research of Endangered Species

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c. The San Diego Frozen Zoon (source New Scientist 2757)

Q9. Coral reefs make up less than 1% of the world ocean surface but are home to
what percentage of total marine species?
a. 25%
b. 30%
c. 45% (source Time website)

Q10. Since 1970, the spread of live coral has fallen by how much?
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40% (source Time website)

Q11. The world’s largest living coral atoll is home to more than 220 coral species and
more than 1,000 species of reef fish. Where is it?
a. Great Barrier Reef
b. Great Chagos Bank
c. Belize Barrier Reef (source BBC website)

Q12. What proportion of the world's fish stocks are either fully exploited or over
fished?
a. One quarter
b. One half
c. Three quarters (source Waitrose website)

Q13. Stocks of which fish have risen by 52% in 4 years due to a successful
sustainability campaign?
a. North Sea Cod
b. Bluefin Tuna
c. Atlantic Salmon (independent website)

Q14. In a protected area of rainforest, conservationists have discovered 120 new


species since 2007, including a ‘ninja’ slug and a lung-less frog. Where is this
rainforest?
a. Brazil
b. Congo
c. Borneo (source Times online)

Q15. Bio-fuel is promoted as an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum, but


the surge in demand is partly responsible for much greater deforestation. By
how much is it estimated that the area used for bio-fuel crops will increase from
2005 to 2030?
a. 242%
b. 100%
c. 462% (source
www.rainforestsos.org)
www.rainforestsos.org)

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Please hand in your sheets at Kingston Library by 30 October 2010


Good Luck !

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