Biodiversity

Instructions: Answer the following questions.

1 Match the importance of biodiversity based on the given information.

Information Importance
(a) Attracts tourists Sources of food

(b) Places for relaxing Medical

(c) Food supply Ecotourism

(d) Conducts researches Biotechnology

(e) Creates a balanced ecosystem Recreation places

(f) Cross breeding of species Education

(g) Cure diseases Balance in nature

2 Human activities such as , , and may

interrupt the balance of biodiversity.

3 Complete the classification of animals in the tree map below.

Animals

Invertebrates (b)
(Do not have backbone) (Have backbone)

(a) (c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)

4 State the types of the vertebrates.

(a) Deer : (g) Frog :

(b) Eel : (h) Penguin :
(c) Snake : (i) Toad :
(d) Whale : (j) Crocodile :
(e) Turtle : (k) Bat :
(f) Lizard : (l) Shark :
5 State the types of vertebrates (Fish, ‘F’, Amphibian, ‘A’, Reptile, ‘R’, Bird, ‘B’ or Mammal, ‘M’) which have the
following characteristics.
(a) Breathe through lungs :
(b) Breathe through gills :
(c) Breathe through moist skin :
(d) Homeothermic :
(e) Poikilothermic :
(f) Lay eggs :
(g) Give birth :
(h) Undergo internal fertilisation :
(i) Undergo external fertilisation :

6 State whether the given plants are monocotyledon, ‘M’ or dicotyledon, ‘D’.
(a) Maize plant :
(b) Coconut tree :
(c) Paddy :
(d) Durian tree :
(e) Oil palm tree :
(f) Rambutan tree :
(g) Grass :
(h) Balsam plant :
(i) Rubber tree :
(j) Rose plant :