Biodiversity
Land Use
Endangered Species
Wolves vs Ranchers
Food Webs
100
Variety of life
What is biodiversity
100
Land owned by the government
What is public land
100
A species that is likely to become extinct
What is an endangered species
100
Wolves were reintroduced to this national park in the 1960s
What is Yellowstone
100
Organisms at the base of the food web; gets energy from sun
What are producers
200
Breeding animals in controlled environments
What is captive-breeding
200
Land used for logging, mining, conservation and recreation
What is National Forest land
200
A community of living and nonliving things
What is an ecosystem
200
The name for the type of animals owned by ranchers that were being preyed upon by wolves
What is livestock
200
Organisms that feed on producers
What are herbivores
300
The best way to save endangered species
What is preserving entire ecosystems
300
Type of land management in which ALL of the trees in an area are removed
What is clear-cutting
300
An introduced species that can cause harm to native plants and animals
What is an exotic species
300
Fladry, loud horns and guard dogs are examples of _______ methods employed to keep wolves and humans apart.
What are nonlethal
300
What the arrows in a food web represent
What is flow of nutrients
400
an international agreement to ensure that international trade of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
What is CITES ( Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species )
400
Occurs when a public resource is depleted rapidly because no one person wants to take responsibility for it
What is Tragedy of the Commons
400
a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend
What is a keystone species
400
Where did the wolves come from that were reintroduced to Yellowstone?
What is Canada
400
What type of organisms are found at the top of a food chain or web?
What are predators/carnivores
500
law that provides for the conservation and protection of species that are endangered or threatened
What is the Endangered Species Act
500
The part of the US where most government-owned land is located
What is the west
500
Illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals
What is poaching
500
The state where Yellowstone is located
What is Wyoming
500
An organism that eats plants as well as other animals.
What is an omnivore
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