Conservation & the Serengeti

What does the term "biodiversity" mean?

• different plants in an ecosystem

• variety of life in an area

• different animals in an ecosystem

• humans causing harm

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Why did humans decide to make the Serengeti a national park?

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  protect herds and to preserve them for the future

  
  

• protect the water supply

• provide homes for people

• provide a game reserve

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Select all that apply: What is an example of a component within an ecosystem?

• the Hoh river water

• labels

• an alligator eating a turtle

• phytoplankton within Lake Michigan

Which migratory heard animal is responsible for the Serengeti National Park? This animal was also the reason they changed the boundaries of the park?

• Giraffes

• Wildebeest

• Zebras

• Lions

Select all that apply: What are the criteria that humans should consider when deciding to step in and save an ecosystem? (why pick one ecosystem over another?)

• Lots of Biodiversity

• Endangered Animals in the Area

• Valuable Resources

• Land with cultural significance

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Select all that apply: An ecosystem includes?

• Animals

• Plants

• All living things

• The habitat/physical environment

How are ecosystems protected?

• Laws

• The use of park rangers to protect the area

• Open availability to humans without regulation

• Limited unsupervised human access

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Human decision-making has NO effect on ecosystems.

• True

• False

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What does abiotic mean?

• Living

• Non-living

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What does biotic mean?

• living

• non-living