Why Is the Giant Panda an Endangered Species

question 37

Multiple Choice

Why is the giant panda an endangered species? 

• A) It has a low birth rate and small litter size. 
• B) Its mating rituals are so complex that it rarely mates. 
• C) It has a large litter size but a high death rate because of predation. 
• D) It is a generalized species that eats only evergreen leaves.

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Definitions:

Oldowan

Relating to or denoting the earliest known stone tool industry, characterized by simple, mostly unifacial core and flake tools used by early humans.

Acheulean Technology

An archaeological term referring to a stone tool industry characterized by distinctive oval and pear-shaped hand-axes associated with early humans, particularly Homo erectus, dating from the Lower Paleolithic era.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth, driven by natural selection, genetic drift, mutations, and gene flow.