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Unit 4 Semester B Portfolio
Use the link to the article to help you answer the following questions:
Unit 4 Portfolio Article
A) All species are ____________; they depend on one another. (1 point)
pollen
biodiversity
interconnected
separated
B) Ecosystems with a lot of biodiversity are generally ____________ and more resistant to disease. (1 point)
weaker
stronger
less
destroyed

C) How is biodiversity important to humans? (1 point)
It makes Earth look more colorful and interesting.
It helps keep ecosystems stable and provides resources like food and medicine.
It causes competition between species which harms humans.
It only benefits animals and plants, not humans.
D) Hundreds of industries rely on plant biodiversity. (1 point)
True
False
E) What medication was made from the bark of willow trees that are found in the rainforest? (1 point)
Tums
Aspirin
Antibiotics
Albuterol

F) Medicine that treats some forms of ______ have been made from rosy periwinkle, a flower that grows on the African island of
Madagascar. (1 point)
cancer
pink eye
mosquito bites
Small Pox
G) Scientists investigated the chemistry of rosy periwinkle for medicinal purposes in ___________. (1 point)
1925
1940
1992
1950
H) Indigenous people around the world, particularly those who live in _____________, have long used plants for medicinal purposes.
(1 point)
tropical rainforests
desert
temperate deciduous forest
tundra

I) In the past hundred years, biodiversity around the world has ________. (1 point)
increased
decreased
J) What is the major reason for a loss in biodiversity? (1 point)
Birds
Dogs
Humans
Lizards
K) Human-led impact on the environment has destroyed about ________ of the world's wetlands since 1970. (1 point)
65%
55%
45%
35%
L) Why has 80% of deforestation in Amazon countries occurred? (1 point)
Lumber
Cattle ranching
Both lumber and cattle ranching
Neither lumber nor cattle ranching

M) Why have companies cleared large areas of the rainforest in Indonesia and Malaysia? (1 point)
Plantations of Palm Oil Trees
Plantations of Coconut Trees
Plantations of Apple Trees
Plantations of Maple Trees
N) What are some other reasons for the decline in biodiversity? (1 point)
Overfishing
Hunting
Rise in average temperatures
All of the above
O) Scientific research has linked climate change to human activities, like (1 point)
burning fossil fuels
clearing forests
A and B
None of the above

Answer 1

A) interconnected

B) stronger

C) It helps keep ecosystems stable and provides resources like food and medicine.

D) True

E) Aspirin

F) cancer

G) 1950

H) tropical rainforests

I) decreased

J) Humans

K) 35%

L) Cattle ranching

M) Plantations of Palm Oil Trees

N) All of the above

O) A and B