QUESTION ONE Here are the answers: 1. The purpose of zoo described in question 1 is EDUCATIONAL: it provides knowledge about animals' lives. 2. CONSERVATION: It protects the animals from becoming extinct. 3. RESEARCH: It is a source of animal specimens for research studies. 4.ENTERTAINMENT: people go to zoos to relax and to have fun. QUESTION 2 The statement is TRUE. Zoo has a lot to offer in term of educating the public and that includes the topic of biodiversity. Biodiversity refers to the variety of living organisms in the world and the relationships that exist among them. Those animals have the way they relate with other organisms. Thus, the topic of biodiversity can be treated using zoo.
All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing.
