Endangered Species - Life Science - Week 7

Who is known for having worked hard all his life to preserve natural places?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Robert T Bakker

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Muir

What is the United States doing to protect endangered species?

• enacted the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s

• cutting down forests

• allowing all animals to be hunted

• nothing

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The Nature Conservancy created a scale to describe how endangered a species is. What symbol represents a species that is known to be completely extinct?

• X

• H

• 1

• 2

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What does the word endangered mean?

• no longer exist

• in danger of no longer existing

• a lot of them around

• dangerous to other species

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Cause Effect

Efforts to protect the endangered ?

species have failed.

What would the most likely effect be?

• the species has recovered and is no longer endangered

• the species is now extinct

• the species remains endangered

• the species still needs help

More than 30 years ago, tires were tossed into the ocean in a failed effort to

• decrease the size of our landfills

• create artificial reefs

• scare away certain kinds of fish

• create a barrier

What is one of the main reasons many plants and animals are endangered?

• disease

• deforestation

• fires destroy the animals' homes

• tourists

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Recovery Plan for Endangered Species:

* steps that will be done

*how much it will cost

* ______________

What is another part of the Recovery Plan once a plant or animal has been identified as being in danger of extinction?

• how long it will take

• how many people will be needed

• how many plants or animals will be destroyed

• how many plants or animals are left

Why are species disappearing?

• poaching

• deforestation

• whaling

• all the above

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In the 1970s, the United States introduced the ___________, which calls for a recovery plan to be created for each endangered species.

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

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