Endangered Species-Life Science-Week 7

Why are species disappearing? Choose the 4 correct answers.

• Poaching

• Deforestation

• Whaling

• Scientists aren't able to help every animal, so they become extinct.

• People are catching animals and keeping them as pets.

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What is the Unites States doing to protect species?

• People are able to have endangered species as pets.

• They are not concerned with animals becoming extinct.

• They enacted the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s.

• The law enforcers are taking the endangered species in.

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What does the word endangered mean?

• No longer existing

• A lot of them around

• In danger of no longer existing

• Dangerous to other species

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

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Robert T. Bakker

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Muir

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

• Create a barrier

• Create artificial reefs

• Decrease the size of our landfills

• Scare away certain kinds of fish

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

• X

• H

• 1

• 2

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

• Disease

• Fires destroy the animal's homes

• Tourists

• Deforestation

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

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

• National Environmental Policy Plan

Give another part of the Recovery Plan once a plant or animal has been identified as being in danger of extinction.

* Steps that will be done

* How much it will cost

* _____________________

• Who will get to keep the animal

• How long it will take

• What kind of animal is it

• Where will the animal go

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If the cause is-efforts to protect the endangered species have failed, what would the effect be?

• The species is now extinct

• The species has recovered and is no longer endangered

• The species remains endangered

• The species still needs help

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