Introductions to Habitats
This term describes the area where organisms live and includes both living organisms and their physical surroundings.
Habitat
Which terrestrial habitat is treeless year-round and has permafrost in the soil?
Tundra
What term describes the commercial, largely unregulated harvesting and selling of wildlife that caused population declines in the past?
Market hunting
List the 4 conservation methods
Preservation
Restoration
Education
Management
Define Phytoplankton and Crustacean
Phytoplankton: Floating algae
Crustacean: Invertebrate aquatic animals
Name the service provided by habitats that supplies food, water, wood, oil, and gas
Provisional Services
This habitat receives less than 10 inches of rain per year and has extreme temperatures. Name it.
Deserts
Which U.S. president created the Civilian Conservation Corps and expanded lands managed by the National Park Service?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Contains half of all species of plants and animals on the earth
Covers six percent of the earth
Which habitat would Large evergreen trees, vines, ferns and mosses most likely be found?
Tropical Rainforests
Which habitat service includes non-material benefits such as tourism and recreation?
Cultural Services.
Which marine horizontal zone extends from the coast across the continental shelf where sunlight penetrates throughout?
Neritic Zone
Before conservation efforts, many early settlers believed natural resources were this — a single word used in the handout.
Unlimited (resources were considered "unlimited")
Name two supporting services that habitats provide.
Supporting services examples: plants converting CO2 into tissue (primary production), pollination aiding ecosystems, nutrient cycling.
Which habitat would Plants with shallow widespread roots and thick leaves most likely be found?
Deserts
Give two examples of regulating services performed by habitats. (Name two)
Examples: biological control of pests / prevention of soil erosion / climate regulation
Match the pelagic sub-zone to its depth, and provide depth ranges...
mesopelagic
epipelagic
bathypelagic
Epipelagic: surface to ~200 m
Mesopelagic: ~200 m to ~1,000 m
Bathypelagic: ~1,000 m to Ocean Floor
Identify one major outcome of market hunting on wildlife populations and one policy response that addressed it.
Outcome: severe population declines in many species; Policy response: creation of regulations, protected areas, and agencies such as the National Park Service and programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Give a real-world example of habitat restoration and explain the main goal of the restoration.
Example: wetland restoration to reestablish native hydrology and vegetation; goal: recover habitat function and biodiversity.
Which habitat will Mosses and lichen only most likely be found?
Tundra
List the three types of habitat loss, give one example of each.
Habitat Degradation: Act of polluting or otherwise altering a habitat until the quality of the habitat can no longer support life
Habitat Fragmentation: Breaking up habitats to the point where the habitat can no longer remain functional
Habitat Destruction: Act of complete loss of habitat through direct human involvement
Which habitat would trees with color-changing leaves such as oak, maple and beech typically live in?
Deciduous Forests
Describe in three bullet points how the conservation movement changed U.S. land management during the early 20th century (include at least one specific program or agency).
Expansion of federal land management, creation of CCC, National Park Service growth, increased preservation and restoration policies; check for accurate historical references.
Using evidence or reasoning, explain how urban sprawl can lead to decreased biodiversity.
Urban sprawl converts natural habitats to developed areas, isolates populations, and increases pollution and invasive species
Which habitat would coniferous, Evergreen trees with sap, only most likely be found?
Taiga