CLASS 10
A TIGER IN THE ZOO
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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at risk of dying out
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no longer alive
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Endangered” means a species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. “Threatened” means a species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
Detailed explanation-2: -The person is believed to be in danger because of age, health, mental or physical disability, or the environment; is in the company of a potentially dangerous person; or any other factor that may put the person in serious peril.
Detailed explanation-3: -Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation. A loss of habitat can happen naturally.
Detailed explanation-4: -Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants, animals, or other organisms. One of the most dramatic examples of a modern extinction is the passenger pigeon. Until the early 1800s, billions of passenger pigeons darkened the skies of the United States in spectacular migratory flocks.
Detailed explanation-5: -Endangered species are those plants and animals that have become so rare they are in danger of becoming extinct. Threatened species are plants and animals that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.