Conservation Biology

If you were running a zoo/ aquarium- what penguin would you pick last for your captive breeding program (hint: consider the mean kinship value)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

If you were running a zoo/ aquarium- what penguin would you pick first for your captive breeding program (hint: consider the mean kinship value)

• 307

• 301

• 319

• 214

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence

• exactly the same DNA sequences

• no proteins in common

• completely different DNA sequence

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Biochemical evidence

A low mean kinship number (mk) number equals high...

• genetic diversity

• selective pressure

• ability to survive

• likelihood to die at a young age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following would be most effective in slowing the loss of biodiversity?

• creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity hotspots

• requiring every country to maintain a seed bank

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Which of the following represents single-species approaches to protecting biodiversity?

• building wildlife corridors

• selling conservation concessions

• captive breeding and cloning

• mapping biodiversity hotspots

Which of the following international treaties bans the hunting, capture, and sale of threatened or endangered species in 181 countries? CITES

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES)

• National Enviornmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A zoo running a captive breeding program would be most interested in breeding an individual with a _______ mean kinship value

• low

• high

The destruction of a natural habitat is called?

• Habitat development

• biodiversity

• Pollution

• Habitat loss

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What is an invasive species?

• An organism that is new to an environment that has positive effects on the environment.

• An organism that is native to an environment that has negative effects on the environment.

• An organism that is new to an environment that has negative effects on the environment.

• An organism that is native to an environment that has positive effects on the environment.

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