Wildlife & Human Interaction Handout questions

Wildlife and human interaction refer to the process in which:

• humans avoid wildlife

• wildlife comes into human settlements

• humans and wildlife encounter each other

• wildlife avoids humans

Humans may present direct or indirect lethal harm to wildlife, damage wildlife habitats or make it more difficult for wildlife to access vital natural resources, such as food or water, which on is NOT a action humans take:

• o build their home in a forest

• Building a Vineyard

• Building a Farm

• Leaving hay in the during winter for wildlife to eat

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

There are several types of wildlife which may cause economic damage to personal property such as (Multiple Answers)

• wildlife living around humans

• eating or injuring livestock

• harm honeybee hives

• cause property damage by trampling or consuming vegetation

Invasive species, are the primary cause of economic damage to personal properties.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Invasive species cannot transmit possible disease pathogens into the food or water of livestock.

• True

• False

Wildlife also sometimes harm humans, why does this happen? (Multiple answers)

• Humans enter the wildlifes area

• Wildlife only harm humans when humans capture them

• Wildlife is startled by humans

• Wildlife looks for humans to harm them

Damage to personal property from wildlife also costs money for both the property owners and the public. Insurance companies spend around ________ billion per year on vehicle collisions and _______ billion on emergency/police and clean up.

• 8.7/1

• 8.7/10

• 10/8.7

• 1/8.7

Louisiana farmers spend almost a total of $10 million per year on repairing crop damage from blackbirds.

• True

• False

Wildlife and human interaction can present several negative results, but if humans Don't heed the advice of wildlife and natural resource management experts, both economic damage to personal property and ecological damage to wildlife ecosystems and habitats can be mitigated.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4