What is another name for the illegal killing of animals?
What is "poaching"?
100
Define "habitat".
What is the place where an animal or plant species lives?
100
Define "introduced species".
What is a non-native plant or animal that disturbs the natural balance of the ecosystem?
100
Name at least 2 sources of pollution that impact wildlife populations.
What are pesticides, burning coal, oil and gas, industrial plants, and automobile emissions?
100
Because of over-consumption, the world is _________ wild places.
What is losing?
200
Everyday, between 50 and ________ plant and animal species become extinct.
What is 150?
200
Changes in habitat and habitat ___________ impact almost every type of habitat.
What is loss?
200
An introduced species may prey on a ____________ species.
What is "native"?
200
These animals became endangered due to the pesticide DDT. It caused the birds to lay thin-shelled eggs that could not survive. Due to this, DDT has been banned.
What is the bald eagle?
200
Due to over-consumption of resources, there is an increased demand for __________, _____________, lumber, and other resources.
What is food & minerals?
300
Name at least 3 endangered/threatened animals your CLASSMATES are studying.
What are _____________?
300
Many habitats are cleared to make room for _________ and _____________.
What are cities and towns?
300
Introduced species may ____________________ an area - which increases competition for food.
What is over-populate?
300
This type of frog has been discovered around the world. One theory to explain it is that damage to the earth's atmosphere has caused more UV radiation.
What is deformed?
300
Name 2 species that are endangered due to illegal hunting for their body parts.
What are rhinos, tigers, and bears?
400
How many mass extinctions have happened in history? What is a mass extinction and give an example of one.
What is 5. We may be in the 6th. It's when an abnormally large amount of species of plants/animals die out in a limited amount of time. One example of this is when the dinosaurs died out.
400
Tell the five elements of a habitat.
What are - food, water, shelter, space, and an appropriate mixture of all those things?
400
Native species may have no _____________ against an invading species.
What are "defenses"?
400
As population continues to grow... so does the need for what two things?
What is housing and food?
400
Animals are killed illegally, __________, and then sold on the ______________________.
What is poached/black market?
500
For 2000 points -- tell what the acronym "HIPPO" stands for.
What is H for habitat loss, I for introduced species, P for pollution, P for population (human), and O for over-consumption.
500
What are 3 out of the 5 types of habitats?
What are (grasslands, rain forests, deciduous forests, deserts, wetlands)?
500
What state has the greatest number of endangered species of any of the 50 states due to the destruction of native species by invasive/introduced species?
What is Hawaii?
500
Wild animals were formerly ___________ from the public. Now they have to cross paths with humans.
What is isolated?
500
Give one example, beside a rhino, tiger, or bear, that is sold illegally on the black market.