<p>Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______Environmental Science ch 11 Study Guide</p><p>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. </p><p>2. Define HIPPO. </p><p>3. Describe the general process of extinction. Distinguish among local extinction, ecological extinction, and biological extinction. </p><p>4. Distinguish between threatened and endangered species. List some characteristics that make species extinction prone. </p><p>5. Give two examples of the benefits of introducing some nonnative species. </p><p>6. Give two examples of the harmful effects of nonnative species that have been introduced deliberately and accidently. </p><p>7. List three root causes of extinction of wildlife. List eight human activities which directly increase the wildlife extinction rate. </p><p>8. Summarize the condition of the world's fisheries and the causes of those conditions.</p><p>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</p><p>10. . List three recommendations for strengthening the Endangered Species Act. Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______</p><p>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. </p><p>2. Define HIPPO. </p><p>3. Describe the general process of extinction. Distinguish among local extinction, ecological extinction, and biological extinction. </p><p>4. Distinguish between threatened and endangered species. List some characteristics that make species extinction prone. </p><p>5. Give two examples of the benefits of introducing some nonnative species. </p><p>6. Give two examples of the harmful effects of nonnative species that have been introduced deliberately and accidently. </p><p>7. List three root causes of extinction of wildlife. List eight human activities which directly increase the wildlife extinction rate. </p><p>8. Summarize the condition of the world's fisheries and the causes of those conditions.</p><p>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</p><p>10. . List three recommendations for strengthening the Endangered Species Act. </p>