BIODIVERSITY PD1

What is Biodiversity

• How to save animals in an ecosystem

• How to save the turtles

• The variety of life in the world/ecosystem

• The diversity in biology/life

What would happen if we lose biodiversity? (2 answers)

• Everything would die because of loss of oxygen

• Nothing would be able to survive on Earth

• Nothing would be effected

• The Earth would be a better place

• Only the animals would be effected and die

What is the difference between endangered and threated

• Nothing

• Endangered: Not at all effected by human activity

  Threated: Close to becoming extinct

• Endangered: Close to becoming excint

  Threated: Close to becoming endangered or worse

• Threated = extinct

  Endangered = None left in the world

Which act/treaty is used to protect animals like the Bald Eagle and the Black Footed Ferret

• The Biodiversity Act

• The Endangered Species Act

• The Endangered Species Treaty

• The Biodiversity Treaty

• There is no act/treaty that protects those animals

Why is Ivory illegal to sell/buy (2 answers)

• Ivory kills over 20,000 elephants a year

• It is not illegal and you csn buy it anywhere

• Because it is only sold overseas

• Ivory is not from elephants

• It goes against the protection of endagered species

Why are Captive Breeding Programs good

• They feed animals who are straving

• They help hurt animals

• They keep all animals in captivity save and away from danger

• They breed endangered species and help to bring their numbers back

Which of the following help to protect endangered plants

• Botanical Gardens

• Germplasm Banks

• The Endangered Species Act

• The Biodiverstiy Treaty

• All the above

Why are zoos controversal (2 correct answers)

• They keep animals in closed off areas

• They use the animals for money

• Zoos are amazing and do no harm

• Zoos don't feed the animals

• Zoos are good and help to save animals who are endangered

Cons to captive breeding

• Captive breeding saves endangered animals

• Animals born in captive breeding programs normally stay in captivity and can develop problems

• They have a loss of food and prey

• Human hunting is killing off the animals

• Captive breeding programs help to breed endangered species and bring them back into the wild

What is poaching

• When you go fishing and catch a fish in a public lake/pond

• When you make eggs for breakfast

• When animals are attacked for their looks

• When you illegally hunt or fish on property owned by someone else