Endangered Species

What does it mean when an animal is extinct?

• Something once lived but no longer exists.
• Animals that is at risk of extinction.
• Place that protects animals at risk.

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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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¨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.

Why do endangered species matter?

• Because they are cute

• Biodiversity

• Because if they die we cannot have them as pets

• Because they cannot be in the zoo

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Responsible for the determination of endangered species status and monitoring the level of endangerment.

• US. Fish and Wild Life Services

• Park Rangers

• DEA

• Coast Guard

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What is a habitat?

• Where animals live

• Where animals go and play

• Where vertebrates live

• Where invertebrates live

The status of a "threatened species" means:

• they are almost extinct

• they are likely to become endangered

• they are extinct

• their numbers are increasing

Migration

• survival of the fittest

• a behavior that must be taught

• movement to a different geographical or climatic region where food is more available

• the process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation

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When mangrove trees are removed, it results in a rapid build-up of acid sulfides in the soil and increases shoreline erosion. What is a LIKELY impact of the removal of mangroves from their habitat?

• The number of aquatic species would gradually increase.

• Inshore breeding areas would be affected, and aquatic species would decline

• The sedimentation rate would increase, and new hatcheries would form

• The food web in the region would stabilize rapidly.

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