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WorksheetsPrinciples of Habitat Conservation & Management
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is NOT required for an area to be considered a habitat?
Mammals
Water
Space
Cover
Food, water and wood are all examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?
Provisional
Cultural
Regulating
Supporting
Pollination and converting carbon dioxide to plant tissue are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?
Provisional
Cultural
Regulating
Supporting
Oil spills are an example of which of the following types of habitat loss?
Habitat fragmentation
Habitat degradation
Habitat destruction
Which of the following is NOT a main cause of habitat loss?
Urban sprawl
Climate change
Biodiversity
Energy development
What percentage of the earth’s surface is covered by marine habitats?
50
60
70
80
Which of the following best describes a river?
Small, shallow body of water
Multiple streams intersecting to form a deep and wide moving body of water
Pools of water
Water within the epipelagic subzone
The Arctic Circle is most likely to have which type of habitat?
Tundra
Taiga
Grasslands
Desert
Which of the following countries do NOT have taiga habitat?
Russia
Mongolia
China
Egypt
Which of the following is NOT a type of habitat?
Marine
Freshwater
Terrestrial
Feral
Which of the following was the first established national park?
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Joshua Tree
Zion
Which of the following wildlife populations was known to significantly decline in number due to market hunting and loss of habitat?
Virginia opossum
Grizzly bear
White tailed deer
Striped skunk
In what year was the Pelican Island National Refuge System in Florida created?
1900
1901
1902
1903
Which president was responsible for establishing the Forest Service?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
Match the following
Protects the fundamentals of parks to conserve the scenery, historic object and inhabiting wildlife
Taylor Grazing Act
Ensures all branches of government consider the impact of any government project or initiative which could adversely affect the environment
National Environmental Policy Act
Controls overgrazing and overproduction of public lands
National Park Service Act
What percentage of native vegetation remains in the United States?
Less than 25
35
30
More than 40
Preservation is regarded as which of the following?
Rebuilding a destroyed area
Ensuring people make smart ecological choices
The non-use of natural resources
Management of a certain area
What percentage of the earth’s land surface is protected?
10
15
20
25
How many jobs have been created by U.S. National Parks?
Less than four million
Five million
Six million
More than seven million
Which of the following is NOT an example of restoration?
Enacting laws to protect land from human intervention
Reintroducing native species to an area
Cleaning up pollution from an area
Removing human-created objects from an environment
