Wildlife Conservation

Unit 5 Populations and Wildlife Conservation

Wildlife Conservation

Multiple Choice

Which of this is a cause of loss of genetic diversity?

• climate change

• invasive species

• pollution

• interbreeding of animals

Multiple Choice

Some scientists think that global warming is

• a natural variation in climate.

• a result of human activity

• melting the polar ice caps.

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Protecting ecosystem diversity is a goal of

• the green revolution.

• conservation biology.

• the captive breeding program.

• the United Nations.

Multiple Choice

The goals of conservation biology include all of the following EXCEPT

• wise management of natural resources.

• protection and management of individual species.

• preservation of habitats and wildlife.

• introducing foreign species into new environments.

Multiple Choice

All of the following are threats to biodiversity EXCEPT

• biological magnification of toxic compounds.

• habitat fragmentation.

• invasive species.

• species preservation.

Multiple Choice

Human activities are not a serious threat to wildlife.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Once a species becomes endangered, it is difficult to recover.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

The global extinction rate is  _______  times higher than the historic background rate.

• 10
• 1000
• 10 000
• 100

Multiple Choice

Human activities are not the main cause for species becoming extinct.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Wildlife conservation aims to protect

• wildlife and their habitats

• humans

• pets

• farm animals

Multiple Choice

Program to save individual species, includes captive breeding, education, and research

• cloning
• SSP (Species Survival Plan)
• Captive Breeding

Multiple Choice

Raising and breeding organisms in controlled conditions, such as zoos or aquariums

• cloning
• SSP (Species Survival Plan)
• Captive Breeding

Multiple Choice

Connect habitat fragments enabling once-isolated populations to interbreed

• Wildlife tunnels
• Wildlife over passes
• wildlife corridors
• wildlife corss walks

Multiple Choice

International treaty to conserve biodiversity and ensure its resposible use and distribution

• CITES
• Convention on Biological
• Endangered Species Act

Multiple Choice

Bans international trade in body parts of endangered species.

• CITES
• Convention on Biological
• Endangered Species Act

Multiple Choice

U.S. law that protects biodiversity, passed in 1973

• CITES
• Convention on Biological
• Endangered Species Act

Multiple Choice

What Government agency is in charge monitoring which animals are endangered.

• U.S. Game and Fish

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

• USDA

• U.S. Wildlife Federation

Multiple Choice

Climate Change is becoming a cause of biodiversity loss

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

Patches of suitable habitat surrounded by unsuitable habitat

• Habitat fagmentation
• Habitat islands
• wildlife corridors
• habitat patches

Multiple Choice

#1 cause of Biodiversity Loss is

• Habitat loss
• pollution
• invasisve species
• poaching/overharvesting

Multiple Choice

Likely to become endangered soon through all or part of its range

• Endangered
• Threatened

Multiple Choice

At serious risk of extinction

• Endangered
• Threatened

Multiple Choice

Which species is extinct because of over hunting?

• Flamingos

• Gnarl whales

• Passenger Pigeon

• American Bison

Multiple Choice

A key job of wildlife managers is to ensure that large enough populations of species exist to allow for a species' continued survival.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

_________ is one of the main causes of human-caused extinction.

• passive wildlife management

• active wildlife management

• overharvesting

• keystone species

Multiple Choice

The 2008 amendment to the Lacey Act included which type of organism under the act?

• amphibians

• plants

• reptiles

• birds

Fill in the Blank

What type of species does the Department of Natural Resources select?

The Department of Natural Resources selects _________ species for habitat manipulation.