Habitat Loss
Habitat loss is the biggest threat to ____% of the species on the Red List
a) 85%
b) 75%
c) 65%
d) 55%
a) 85%
What is a Burmese Python?
This biome is most affected by human pollution
What is the Ocean?
This happens when a natural predator is eliminated from an ecosystem
What is overpopulation?
Elephants are hunted for this
What is ivory?
This is the word for cutting down large areas of forest
What is deforestation?
Name a way a non-native species is introduced to an environment
Intentionally imported, unintentionally on cargo vessels
This type of pollution is melting the icecaps
What is air pollution?
This population growth has spiked in the last 200 years and is the main cause of animals being endangered
What are humans?
Someone who kills animals illegally to sell one or more of its parts
What is a poacher?
Frogs are a vital part of this habitat that is at high risk of loss
What is a wetland/swamp?
A problem an introduced species can cause an ecosystem
What is overuse of resources?
Air pollution leads to _________, which affects the earth's temperature
What is global warming/the greenhouse effect?
This mammal is one of the most overpopulated species in New York (hint: this is why they can be hunted so often)
What is the whitetail deer?
This large land mammal is no longer present in the Great Plains due to over-hunting
What are bison?
These industries are responsible for the largest decline of vertebrate populations
What is logging and agriculture?
A non-native species introduced into a population is called this
What is an invasive species?
China and the United States are the top two producers of this deadly pollutant
What is carbon dioxide?
There is a greater number of this domesticated animal on earth than humans
What is the chicken?
Name three products animals are hunted for
1) fur
2) tusks/horns
3) skin
200,000 acres of this are lost every single day
What is rain forest?
The Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake's population has gone down due to the introduction of this species
What are feral cats?
Name three of the seven types of pollution
This is the number of people on the planet
What is 7.6 billion?
Earth's population of wild vertebrates — all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish — declined this percentage from 1970 to 2012.
a) 25%
b) 32%
c) 35%
d) 52%
d) 52%