The Carolina parakeet, endemic to the southern U.S. became extinct by 1920 because
A) the birds ate fruit and grain crops so farmers killed the birds as part of a pest management program.
B) poachers captured the birds to sell in the commercial market.
C) a category 5 hurricane destroyed the bird's natural habitat.
D) the introduced Asian tiger mosquito carried avian flu to the bird population and wiped it out.
E) human produced acid precipitation and climate warming degraded the birds' habitat.
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Q32: Illegal commercial hunting, also called _, endangers
Q33: _ is the elimination of a species
Q34: The breakup of large areas of habitat
Q35: Endemic species are organisms that are
A)in immediate
Q36: Which species has a more imminent danger
Q38: What was most likely responsible for the
Q39: Which of the following human activities does
Q40: A species that faces threats that may
Q41: When was the Endangered Species Act originally
Q42: A plan designed to conserve biological diversity
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