Unit04: Evolution and Biodiversity
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Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______Environmental Science ch 11 Study Guide
Please answer on a separate sheet of paper! Chapter 11: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach 1. Describe the economic, medical, scientific, ecological, and aesthetic, recreational, and ethical significance of wild species.
2. Define HIPPO.
3. Describe the general process of extinction. Distinguish among local extinction, ecological extinction, and biological extinction.
4. Distinguish between threatened and endangered species. List some characteristics that make species extinction prone.
5. Give two examples of the benefits of introducing some nonnative species.
6. Give two examples of the harmful effects of nonnative species that have been introduced deliberately and accidently.
7. List three root causes of extinction of wildlife. List eight human activities which directly increase the wildlife extinction rate.
8. Summarize the condition of the world's fisheries and the causes of those conditions.
9. State and briefly describe the most far-reaching international treaty to protect wildlife. List four strategies that have been used recently to weaken the Endangered Species Act
10. . List three recommendations for strengthening the Endangered Species Act. Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______
Environmental Science ch 11 Study Guide Due: 1-5 1/28 6-10 1/30 Please answer on a separate sheet of paper! Chapter 11: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach 1. Describe the economic, medical, scientific, ecological, and aesthetic, recreational, and ethical significance of wild species.
2. Define HIPPO.
3. Describe the general process of extinction. Distinguish among local extinction, ecological extinction, and biological extinction.
4. Distinguish between threatened and endangered species. List some characteristics that make species extinction prone.
5. Give two examples of the benefits of introducing some nonnative species.
6. Give two examples of the harmful effects of nonnative species that have been introduced deliberately and accidently.
7. List three root causes of extinction of wildlife. List eight human activities which directly increase the wildlife extinction rate.
8. Summarize the condition of the world's fisheries and the causes of those conditions.
9. State and briefly describe the most far-reaching international treaty to protect wildlife. List four strategies that have been used recently to weaken the Endangered Species Act
10. . List three recommendations for strengthening the Endangered Species Act.