Answers to the Activity Questions:

Summer 2011

1.  False. Fewer than 2 million species have been classified.
2. False, but maybe true! Scientists estimate anywhere from 3 to 100 million species exist on Earth, but the number is not precise. There is still so much more to learn about our earth!
3. Absolutely true! In the USA, 40% of prescription drugs, such as, for example, aspirin, come from plants and animals.
4. True.
    
5. True, habitats are being destroyed before they were never studied.

6. True. The biological beauty that developing countries contain can attract tourism and help their economies.

7. False. Species can be protected by preserving habitats and raising awareness. You can also help!

8. False. Instead, 60% of the world’s species are believed to go extinct before humans realize it!

9. True, Madagascar houses 5% of the world’s species, and of the 10,000 plants in Madagascar, 90% are amazingly found nowhere else!