What percent of the plant species found on Madagascar are unique to that island?
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80
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The human population of Madagascar doubles about every _____ years.
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25
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What is a lemur?
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a primate only found on Madagascar
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Much of the original forest cover on Madagascar has been destroyed primarily as a result of _____.
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burning for agricultural purposes
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What is the cause of the red color of the waters about Madagascar?
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soil that has washed into the ocean
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From 1930 to 1939 fire ants spread inland about 60 miles from their point of introduction in Mobile, Alabama. What was the cause of their spread over this distance?
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a natural spread
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From 1940 to 1970 fire ants spread through many southern states, sometimes at a rate of 100 miles in a year. What was the cause of their spread over this distance?
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being transported along with plants and soil
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In 1958 federal law restricted the movement of soil and plants from areas where fire ants were established. Why was this law unsuccessful in stopping the spread of fire ant colonies?
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People were unaware of the federal law and, when they moved, transported plants bearing fire ant colonies; a single mated queen can be transported without being noticed; and many states thought to be free of fire ant colonies already had them.
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Techniques used, or are being considered for use, in controlling the spread of fire ants include _____.
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setting baits that kill the queen when they are carried back to the nest, applying chemical powders that kill the colony, introducing a protist to infect the fire ant queen and her eggs, and introducing a fly that lays eggs in fire ants so that the eggs will hatch into larvae that eat their way into the ants' heads, which will then fall off
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As of the time of the writing of Activity: Introduced Species: Fire Ants, fire ants have caused about _____ deaths in the United States.
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20
( As of the time of the writing of Activity: Introduced Species: Fire Ants, fire ants have caused about 20 deaths in the United States.)
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One of the most severe consequences of habitat degradation is the _____ of a population.
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fragmentation
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A sink habitat is where a subpopulation's death rate is _____.
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greater than its reproductive rate
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Fertilizer runoff can result in _____ a lake.
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the eutrophication of
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Most biodiversity hot spots are in the _____.
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tropics
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_____ is the increase in pesticide concentration as the pesticides pass up a food chain.
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Biological magnification
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