Chapter 7 CP Exam Review Environmental

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of

• organizations that promote poaching

• polls measuring American opinion about biodiversity

• treaties to protect biodiversity

• laws to increase the number of species

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Which of the following is an example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats?

• captive breeding

• cloning

• Species Survival Plans (SSPs)

• mapping biodiversity hotspots

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Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity is called a

• debt-for-nature swap

• conservation concession

• Species Survival Plan

• wildlife corridor

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Species richness generally increases toward the poles.

• true

• false

The differences in DNA among individuals within species and populations is called ____________________.

• Species diversity

• Genetic diversity

• Biological diversity

• Biodiversity

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Archaeological evidence shows that in case after case, a wave of ____________________ followed whenever humans arrived on islands and continents.

• extinction

• speciation

• biodiversity

• estivation

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The process of raising organisms in controlled conditions, such as zoos and botanical gardens, is called ____________________.

• Captive breeding

• Controlled growth

• Cloning

• Conserving

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