Endangered Species

Which of the following leads to a decrease in biodiversity?

• introduction of invasive species

• prevention of erosion

• ecological land use planning

• pollution control

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¨The type of species that offers the best opportunity to apply the prevention principle is the

• indicator species.

• endangered species.

• keystone species

• alien species.

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Illegal hunting for profit is called

• sport hunting.

• poaching.

• commercial hunting.

• subsistence hunting.

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Law of the 70's that protects endangered species in the U.S.

• Endangered Species Act

• CITES

• Lacey Act

• One Act Plays

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Fragmented habitat can be reconnected most directly by

• wildlife corridors

• captive breeding programs

• debt for nature swaps

• prescribed burns

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An endangered species is

• One whose numbers are so small that it is at risk of extinction
  
• One whose not been spotted after many years.
• One whose numbers are abundant.

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Presently, the biggest threat to biodiversity is;

• Asteriod strikes, such as what happened 65 million years ago and resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs.

• Human population growth, because as population increases, so does the number of plants and animals it consumes, resulting in a decrease of those organisms.

• Habitat destruction, such as cutting down portions of tropical rain forest, which destroys the niches occupied by tropical organisms.

• The proliferation of zoos and botanical gardens, causing causing people to care less about preserving species in the wild because they are being cared for those in sanctuaries.

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Which of the following international treaties bans the hunting, capture, and sale of threatened or endangered species in 181 countries? CITES

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• The National Marine Fisheries Act

• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES)

• National Enviornmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• The Marine Mammal Protection Act

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Areas that have been set aside for the protection of threatened or endangered species and their habitats are known as;

• National parks.

• National zoos

• National wildlife refuges.

• National recreation areas.

• National forest reserves.

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Choose the option that expresses the definition the best.

"Logging, mining, building of roads, and urban development."

• Habitat destruction,degradation, and fragmentation.

• Invasive (nonnative species).

• Population and resource use growth.

• Greenhouse effect.

• Overexplotation.

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