Honeybees
The cases of CCD are either increasing or decreasing
What is decreasing?
Species with enough individuals to survive in the short term, but whose numbers are declining enough it is likely to become endangered in the near future
What are threatened species?
When a species can no longer be found anywhere on the earth
What is biological extinction?
An example of an invasive species
What is _________?
Reason that the text suggests we should not buy products with palm oil
What is because palm plantations destroy habitat for many species?
The words that CCD stands for and the year it is said to have begun
What is Colony Collapse Disorder? 2006
An endangered canine species the text gives as, with its natural habitat and the number left
What is the Mexican grey wolf? Arizona, New Mexico; 97
The number of species that would be expected to go extinct over a period of time without human contributing factors
What is background extinction?
The H of the acronym HIPPCO
What is Habitat destruction?
The refrigerated, low-humidity storage environments used to preserve genetic information of endangered plant species
What are seed banks?
Three crops the text mentions that honeybees pollinate
What are vegetables, fruits, and tree nuts?
Two reasons for the accelerated loss of species the earth is now experiencing
What is that humans have destroyed and degraded habitats and consumed large quantities of resources?
The disappearance of many species in a relatively short period of geologic time
What is mass extinction?
The I of the acronym HIPPCO
What is Invasive species?
How the Endangered Species Act protects endangered species
What is by protecting and restoring habitat and creating programs to increase populations of endangered species?
Three natural pollinators in the wild which the text mentions
What are butterflies, hummingbirds, and bats?
A large feline the text gives as an endangered species, with its natural habitat and the number left
What is the Sumatran tiger? Sumatra; less than 400
The characteristic of species which have very well-defined or narrow physical, biological or chemical requirements for survival, which make the species vulnerable to extinction
What is specialized niche?
The O of the HIPPCO acronym
What is Overexploitation?
The acronym CITES stands for this
What is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora?
The three factors cited on the video as contributors to CCD
What are disease, pesticides, and poor nutrition?
Three ecosystem services that various species perform
What are natural pest control, pollination, and purification of air and water?
A reason we should try to sustain wild species and the ecosystem services they provide?
[ ] see class notes 9.2 for answers
When a large area of habitat such as a forest or grassland is divided into smaller, isolated patches called habitat islands
What is fragmentation?
A factor that brought the Clean Water Act about, and the year it came to pass
What is public outcry and the Cuyahoga River catching on fire? 1972