Small Areas That Are Home to a Large Number of Threatened

question 19

Multiple Choice

Small areas that are home to a large number of threatened species and an exceptional concentration of species found nowhere else on Earth are called

• A)biodiversity hot spots.
• B)endemic environments.
• C)biologically magnified.
• D)exotic hot spots.

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Definitions:

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