IE.3.b Environmental Monitoring, sustainability

When should environmental monitoring occur?

• when approved by governments

• after a disturbance

• before a disturbance

• when a species is in danger

_______make the best indicator species.

• scientists

• fish

• amphibians

• slugs

This gives scientists a starting point to compare changes in the environment.

• baseline data

• environmental monitoring

• indicator species

• permanent plots

This outlines how an activity or human development will affect the environment.

• Environmental report

• Impact Report

• Biological Consequence Report

• Environmental Impact Assessment.

Using _______ helps to estimate the population of a species in an ecosystem.

• quadrats

• baseline data

• permanent plots

• indicator species

Environmental monitoring is best done by...(check all that apply)

• scientists

• volunteers

• governments

• companies

The definition of ecosystem monitoring .

• a way to check the biodiversity of an ecosystem.

• watching ecology shows

• monitoring the animals that exist in an specific quadrat.

• an animal that is used monitor the overall health of an ecosystem

As species go extinct what will happen to the biodiversity in that ecosystem?

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stay the same

Answer explanation

What is biodiversity?

• All the same species living in one area

• the variety of species and their populations

• all the endangered species in one area

• the differences between organisms

What is an ecological footprint?

• diversity among plant and animal species

• harmful substances or products in the environment

• the impact of a person or community on the environment.

• to take care of or control the environment