What Was the Effect of the Pesticide DDT on Bald

question 25

Multiple Choice

What was the effect of the pesticide DDT on bald eagles?

• A) They lost the ability to fly.
• B) The animals they ate as prey were killed by the DDT.
• C) Their eggs were fragile, breaking before the chicks could develop fully.
• D) The trees they lived in were killed by the DDT.

Identify drivers of mass extinctions and their impact on biodiversity.

Understand the role of plate tectonics in shaping the distribution of species.

Describe the use of fossils in studying biodiversity changes through time.

Explain the physiological and abiotic factors impacting marine and terrestrial diversity.

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