Giant tortoises are an endangered species found on the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles from the coast of South America. Fig. 7.1 depicts a giant tortoise.
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Use this information to suggest and explain two reasons why giant tortoises ended up as an endangered species.
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Outline two ways that an endangered species may be conserved.
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Suggest how the loss of one species of secondary consumer from a food web might influence other organisms in that same food web.
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