Acts for conservation of Endangered Animals
When was the Endangered Animals Act put into place?
2008
What endangered animal was classified as "vulnerable?"
Polar Bear
What animal is often poached?
Leatherback Sea Turtles
Name the 2 biggest parts of a polar bear diet
Fish and Seals
What record do leatherback sea turtles hold among all turtles in the world?
It is the largest of all turtles
What category was the wolverine put into?
The Threatened Category
What endangered animal weighs 8 - 18 kilograms?
Wolverine
How do human activities indirectly affect polar bear habitats?
Pollution causes global warming, and the increasing temperatures melt arctic ice, which is polar bear's habitat.
This animal's diet includes porcupines, squirrels, and deer
Wolverine
What biome are Wolverines normally found in?
Taiga
Excluding Canada, name 3 of the 4 other countries that signed the Polar Bear Conservation Agreement in 1973.
United States of America, Norway, Denmark, Soviet Union/Russia
Which endangered animal weights 400 pounds?
Leatherback sea turtle
What underwater species do leatherbacks often mistake plastic for?
Jellyfish
What does "endemic" mean?
Native to a specific country, and not found anywhere else other than that country.
What Manitoba city is known as the Polar Bear Capital of the world?
Churchill, MB
The Endangered Animals Act put leatherback turtles in the "endangered" category. What category were the remaining sea turtles in general placed in?
The Threatened Category
About how many Vancouver Island Marmots were left in 2003?
What can be an outcome of the extinction of Wolverines?
The vegetation that its prey feeds on would reduce in population, leaving significantly less amounts of food for other animals and humans.
Name one of the main parts of the diet of a Whooping Crane
Crustaceans and/or Snails
What Canadian National Park do most wild whooping cranes live in?
(Hint: It is located in Alberta)
Wood Buffalo National Park
What organisation listed Vancouver Island Marmots as a #1 priority?
The British Columbia Conservation Framework
In what year was the whooping crane population only about 21 cranes?
1941
What human activities directly affect polar bear habitats?
Oil and resource exploration, and ships
Describe the terrain on Vancouver Island that the marmots live on
Mountains, high altitudes, subalpine meadows
What is the scientific name of the Vancouver Island Marmot?
Marmota vancouverensis