Wildlife Conservation

Wildlife conservation aims to protect 

• wildlife and their habitats

• humans

• pets

• farm animals 

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The Wildlife Conservation Society ...

• promotes education on endangered animals

• creates videos that help inform people of animals in danger

• gather donations to help animals

• is the government

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The global extinction rate is  _______  times higher than the historic background rate.

• 10

• 1000

• 10 000

• 100

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Once a species becomes endangered, it is difficult to recover.

• True

• False

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A major part of a wildlife technician's job includes:

• enforcing hunting regulations to control harvest

• time at a drafting table designing land capability maps

• working in a lab testing groundwater for pesticide contamination

• working outdoors to tag animals for research

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The two main benefits of biodiversity in most ecosystems is that it...

• increases stability and decreases resilience.

• decreases stability and increases resilience.

• increases both stability and resilience.

• decreases both stability and resilience.

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Human activities are not a serious threat to wildlife.

• True

• False

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A poacher is...

• a person that has a license to hunt

• a person that kills animals to sell

• a person that hunts illegally

• a person that takes wild animals

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What does it mean when an animal is endangered?

• Something once lived but no longer exists.

• Animals that is at risk of extinction.

• Place that protects animals at risk.

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A species is defined as endangered when it

• suffers from damage to its habitat.

• suffers from disease or predation.

• when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.

• all of the above

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