The diagram shows how a patch of habitat could possibly be altered. Which of the following would be most likely to occur in the scenarios that have experienced habitat loss and/or fragmentation in the diagram?

The world population is currently closet to ___________.

Scientists hypothesize that human activity could currently be the reason behind a _____ mass extinction.

When a population suddenly reduces in size from habitat loss, natural disaster, or other environmental changes, and its subsequent genetic variation is affected, we say it has experienced _______________.

DESCRIBE 2 environmental benefits to living in an urban area. (Make sure to clearly describe your answers and write in complete sentences.)

DESCRIBE how the temperature of urban areas like Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. differs from that of surrounding rural areas. IDENTIFY and DESCRIBE 2 differences between urban and rural areas that contribute to the temperature difference between them. (Make sure to clearly explain your answers and write in complete sentences.)

In evolutionary biology, the term fitness refers to ______________.

The factor that likely poses the greatest threat of extinction of species worldwide is ______________.

The following question refers to the graph below of bird and mammal extinctions over thee centuries Which of the following is the most likely reason that the greatest number of extinctions of bird species occurred in the period 1901-2000?

Which of the following is NOT a key component of the theory of evolution by natural selection?