Biodiversity

What is biodiversity

100

These areas would have high biodiversity

What are rain forests OR coral reefs OR coasts OR islands

200

There are 35 of these special areas of biodiversity in the world

What are hot spots ?

300

These are areas of low biodiversity

What are deserts OR tundras OR deep oceans OR ice caps OR mountain zones ?

400

Besides species diversity, this is another kind of biodiversity

What is ecosystem diversity OR genetic diversity ?

500

Some scientists are concerned that we are creating a 6th one of these:

What is a mass extinction?

Threats

100

This threat is a cause of 75 % of species extinctions

What is habitat destruction OR habitat fragmentation ?

200

These species travel to a new area and are harmful to native species

What are exotic OR invasive species ?

300

This is the term for illegal hunting

What is poaching ?

400

Biological magnification is the accumulation of these up the food chain

What are chemicals OR pollutants ?

500

This type of species is found in a certain area and no where else

What is endemic ?

Saving Species

100

This could be an example of a man-made habitat to give species a place to live

What is a zoo OR aquarium OR garden or park (city)

200

In order to save species of plants, these are used

What are seed banks ?

300

In order to preserve animal species, we freeze samples of these

What are embryos OR sperm and eggs ?

400

Germ plasm is this kind of material that can be preserved to save a species

What is genetic material OR DNA ?

500

This type of breeding is when animals are raised in a artificial, enclosed environment

What is captive breeding ?

Laws/Regulations

100

What does ESA stand for ?

What is Endangered Species Act ?

200

What does the USFWS stand for ?

What is US Fish & Wildlife Service ?

300

The goal of the Biodiversity Treaty is to preserve biodiversity and this:

What is to ensure fair use of genetic resources (DNA) for all nations

400

CITES stands for the Convention on __________  _________ of Endangered Species 

What is International Trade  ?

500

This is one of the 2 plans that the USFWS must do when saving a species

What is a species recovery plan OR a habitat conservation plan ?

Example Species

100

This bird was kept in captive breeding in the Grand Canyon to increase its numbers

What is the California Condor ?

200

"Lonesome George" was the last of his species for this type of animal:

What is a giant tortoise ?

300

This invasive plant has over run the South

What is kudzu ?

400

Elephants are intensively hunted today for this material known as "white gold":

What is ivory ?

500

The last member of this species died at the Cincinnati zoo over 100 years ago:

What is the passenger pigeon ?