If We’re Not Careful, Dinosaurs Aren’t the Only Animals Our Children Won’t Ever Know

Test your knowledge.

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Ruby Noir 😈’s created many quizzes to educate and promote positive action. The first step is gaining knowledge. After reading my answers to this quiz which are mostly shots in the dark, trying your own, and reading Ruby’s answer key, due to arrive later, we will all be the wiser for it.

Going… Going… Don’t Let Them Be Gone.

1. The International Union For Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has how many statuses under which it labels a species — Endangered is an example of a status — how many statuses are there?
   A. 5
   B. 7***
   C. 9
   D. 11
2. Of all of the examined species to date — what percentage of them are under threat of extinction?
   A. 48%
   B. 18%
   C. 38%
   D. 28%***
3. What is the nickname for the IUCN Red List?
   A. The Barometer of Life
   B. The Endangered Species List
   C. The Critical Evaluation of Biodiversity***
   D. The Call To Action List
4. True or False: The IUCN Red List includes plants. TRUE.
5. In what decade was the IUCN Red List first established?
   A. 1950s
   B. 1960s
   C. 1970s***
   D. 1980s
6. Harambe — the Gorilla that was murdered at the Cincinnati Zoo — was a Western Lowland…