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True or false: Biodiversity refers to the amount of water in an area.
True or false: Biodiversity refers to the amount of water in an area.
False (B)
True or false: Rainforests are declining due to logging, agriculture, mining, and industrial development.
True or false: Rainforests are declining due to logging, agriculture, mining, and industrial development.
True (A)
True or false: Deforestation of rainforests leads to the loss of approximately 14 species per day.
True or false: Deforestation of rainforests leads to the loss of approximately 14 species per day.
False (B)
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- Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in an area.
- Botana curus is an endangered plant that produces Curol, a cancer-treating compound.
- Curol cannot be produced in a lab and Botana curus grows slowly.
- X, Y, and Z are similar plant species that may produce Curol.
- Rainforests cover approximately 6% of the Earth's surface.
- Rainforests are declining due to logging, agriculture, mining, and industrial development.
- Rainforests may disappear in approximately 40 years.
- 25% of pharmaceutical products come from rainforest plants.
- 65% of plants with cancer-fighting properties come from rainforest plants.
- Deforestation of rainforests leads to the loss of approximately 140 species per day.
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