Question 16: a. When a highway or new farms cut through a forest, animals may not cross because traffic and open fields feel unsafe. b. Over...

Question 16:

a. When a highway or new farms cut through a forest, animals may not cross because traffic and open fields feel unsafe.

b. Over time, isolated groups can lose genetic diversity, which makes disease and climate stress harder to survive.

c. Habitat fragmentation happens when one large natural area is broken into smaller pieces.

d. Building wildlife bridges and maintaining connected green corridors can help reduce this problem without halting development.

e. I saw this near my town: a small monkey group stayed on one hill after a road was built, and fewer babies were born the next year.

A. a – c – b – e – d        B. c – e – d – b – a        C. c – a – e – b – d        D. a – e – c – d – b