Threats to Biodiversity
The destruction or breaking up of habitats causing species to be limited to where they can live.
A. Pollution
B. Invasive Species
C. Habitat Fragmentation
Habitat Fragmentation
The introduction of _________ __________ to an ecosystem can harm local animals and plants because they can out compete them for resources.
Invasive Species
Species that are likely to become endangered soon and considered _________ species.
Threatened
This hotspot has the most endangered wildlife
Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot
The percentage of Earth covered by biodiversity hotspots
about 2.5%
The changing of the environment caused by humans which is destroying, limiting, or moving the ecosystems where species live.
Climate change
The two criteria to be considered a biodiversity hotspot
1. 1500 species of plants
2. lost at least 70% of its vegetation
Species that are at serious risk of becoming extinct are considered ___________ species.
Endangered
This is how many biodiversity hotspots there are in the world.
What is 36?
The person who first outlined the concept of a biodiversity hotspot.
Norman Myers
The introduction of toxins into the environment by humans which destroys or poisons the ecosystems where species live.
A. Pollution
B. Invasive Species
C. Habitat Fragmentation
A. Pollution
Which of the following is an example of a method for managing ENTIRE ecosystems and habitats?
A. Cloning
B. Captive Breeding
C. Protecting Hotspots
C. Protecting Hotspots
Young of endangered species are collected and raised by a similar species.
A. Cloning
B. Crossfostering
C. Sport Hunting
B. Crossfostering
This is the most biodiverse place on earth.
The Amazon Rainforest
This is Mr. Flaherty's favorite drink.
Monster (will accept Dr. Pepper also)
When the number of species captured is dramatically higher than the rate at which the species can reproduce.
A. Habitat Fragmentation
B. Overhunting
C. Climate Change
B. Overhunting
Which of the following represent SINGLE-SPECIES approaches to protecting biodiversity?
A. captive breeding and cloning
B. building wildlife corridors
C. mapping biodiversity hotspots
A. captive breeding and cloning
Background extinctions are the normal rate at which species die off over time, while ______ extinction occurs after a major event that kills a lot of different species.
Mass
This is the newest recognized biodiversity hotspot
the North American Coastal Plain
This is an organism that is found in a single geographic area and nowhere else in the world.
What is "endemic"?
This is the biggest threat to biodiversity
Habitat Loss
This method of preserving biodiversity includes countries depositing seeds into a safe place in case of famine or bad harvests.
Seed Banks
What is one way in which we benefit from biodiversity?
Agriculture, medicine, ecotourism, hunting, education, science, ecostability, etc.
this is the only rainforest in the US found in Puerto Rico, a key region of biodiversity.
El Yunque National Forest
Food protection, wind break, fertile soil and clean water are all examples of this.
Ecosystem Services