Question

What is the approximate number of plant and animal species present on earth?
A. 2 – 10 million
B. 3 – 20 million
C. 4 – 30 million
D. 5 – 30 million

Answer 1

The approximate number of plant and animal species present on earth is 2 – 10 million.

There are more than seven million animals and plants species live on the earth.

The largest number of species on earth is insects, totalling 5 million species.

The remaining amount of invertebrate species adds about 1.75 million.

In addition, the invertebrate animals like spiders, centipedes, and worms.

The sea animals belong to the invertebrates like sponges, shellfish, sea anemones, jellyfish, crabs and more.