7.3 Protecting Biodiversity

An example of a local policy to protect the environment is...

• a recycling program.

• an environmental club.

• a biodiversity garden.

• all of the above.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a local environmental policy?

• Beach cleanups

• Highway trash cleanups

• Monitoring parks

• Trade treaties between the US and China

According to recent data, a large problem facing oceans today is...

• plastic.

• rising temperature.

• overfishing.

• oil spills.

Good environmental policies should be based on...

• scientific data.

• popular opinion.

• economic interests.

• available finances.

Developing countries tend to have greater biodiversity than developed countries.

• True

• False

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Loss of biodiversity impacts the functioning of an ecosystem.

• True

• False

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Which of the following does not destroy habitats?

• building homes
• pollution
• nature reserves
• hunting and trading

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The act to prevent extinction, recover imperiled plants and animals, and protect the ecosystems on which they depend upon is called...

• The Fossil Fuel Burning Act of 2000

• Congressional Bill 78655

• The Endangered Species Act of 1973

• Project Save

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What president signed the Endangered Species Act into law?

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

• Bill Clinton

• George H.W. Bush

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of

• organizations that promote poaching.
• polls measuring American opinion about biodiversity.
  
• treaties to protect biodiversity.
• laws to increase the number of species

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