Ecology 1

True or false: Orangutans have NO predators

• False

• True

What do orangutans eat?

• Fruit, Insects leaves

• Palm oil

• Anything that they can find!

• snakes, rats, birds

Orangutans are Endangered. What does endangered mean?

• The Orangutans are scared

• Orangutans are a predator

• There are not many Orangutans in the world

• Orangutans are extinct .

A habitat is

• A place in a zoo

• The natural environment of a plant or animal

• The natural home of a rabbit

• The natural home of a plant

Where is Orangutan habitat?

• South Pacific Islands

• Africa

• Prairie

• South America

Which Products Contain Palm Oil?

(Select more than one.)

• chocolate

• Cookies

• Cosmetics

• Soap

Increasing the quantity of land used for oil palm plantations results in....

• an increase in orangutan populations

• a decrease in orangutan populations

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What happens to the tiger populations when there are more oil palm plantations?

• Tiger populations decrease because oil palm trees are toxic to them

• Tiger populations increase because they like to eat oil palm fruit

• Tiger populations decrease because they can't hide and hunt in palm trees

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Rat and pig populations ________ in an oil palm ecosystem.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

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Is it a good solution to substitute canola oil for palm oil in some products?

• Yes, canola oil requires LESS land to produce 1 ton of oil compared to palm oil

• Sure! Everybody loves canola oil!

• No, Canola oil requires MORE land to produce 1 ton of oil compared to palm oil

• I have no idea :(

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