A Species of Bird Is Critically Endangered, and Its Habitat

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Multiple Choice

A species of bird is critically endangered, and its habitat is rapidly disappearing.A conservationist committed to preventing the extinction of this species would be most likely to undertake which type of program in the short term?

• A) A tourism program to promote the bird species
• B) A program to pass a national law to save both the bird and its habitat
• C) An education program to teach people the importance of the bird species
• D) A captive breeding program to buy time while the bird's habitat is restored
• E) A program to protect the bird from invasive species

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Definitions:

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, are siblings born at the same time as a result of the fertilization of two different eggs by two different sperms.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that are responsible for the inherited characteristics in living organisms, dictating the development and functioning of organisms.

Selective Breeding

The process by which humans use animal and plant breeding techniques to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce.

Eugenics

A set of beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of the human population, historically associated with morally controversial methods and ideologies.