WorksheetsY12 A-Level Starter
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of
organizations that promote poaching.
international organisation on climate change.
international treaties to protect biodiversity.
laws to increase the number of species
Programs that breed animals in captivity then release them to the wild are called...
IUCN red list
Captive conservation
Captive Breeding Programs
Catch and Release Programs
A place that stores seeds to preserve their genes for the future is called...
Botanical preserve
Plant depository
Seed bank
Herbarium
A charismatic, often cute and cuddly flagship species may be used to promote human connection, but what are the disadvantages of such species?
They can be made into cuddly toys for marketing
Humans may be in conflict with them eg Tigers eat people
They may become extinct and so the conservation work would stop
They become popular within the public
They take priority even if they are not important to the ecosystem
Which would be a violation of the CITES treaty?
hunting wild turkeys
polluting lakes
selling tiger skins
clearing rain forests
What is a keystone species?
A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together
A species that lives in or around rocks
Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology
A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone
What are examples of Flagship species? Select all that apply.
Panda
Tiger
Python
Polar Bear
Habitat fragmentation is
combining several smaller protected areas into one larger one.
the separation of one larger protected areas into many smaller ones.
decreasing the size of the protected area.
increasing the edge effect.
