IB Biology SL A4.2.3 Anthropogenic Species Extinction Questions
Identify human pressures such as overhunting and connect them to documented extinction of named species.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Course
- Biology SL
- Level
- SL
Exam points
- Identify an anthropogenic cause such as overhunting as the reason a named animal species became extinct.
IB Biology SL A4.2.3 Anthropogenic Species Extinction Questions question 1
The North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) went extinct some time between the arrival of humans in New Zealand and the 1800s.
What do scientists believe to be the cause of this extinction?
A
Deforestation
B
New diseases
C
Competition with other megafauna
D
Overhunting
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