What is National Parks of Canada,National Historic Sites of Canada, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, National Marine Conservation Areas, Marine Protected Areas
100
Land influenced only by forces of nature and without the footprint of human activity
What is wilderness
100
tourism that aims to have a low impact on the
environment and local culture, while helping to generate income and jobs
What is sustainable tourism
100
a wildlife species that no longer exists is
What is extinct
100
a regional collection of plants and animals that are adapted to the specific natural environment and terrain of an area.
What is biome
200
Name a protected provincial area
What is Wilderness Reserves, Ecological Reserves, Provincial Parks, Wildlife Reserves, Wildlife Parks
200
Activities such as hunting, fishing, camping, cutting firewood, skiing, snowmobiling, sea kayaking is
What is outdoor recreation
200
keeping our ecosystems the way that they are supposed to be
What is ecological integrity
200
What species was purposely introduced to NL?
What is Moose
200
A species that has been either intentionally or inadvertently introduced into
a location outside its natural distribution is called
What is alien species
300
Name one of the national parks of Canada in Newfoundland
What is Terra Nova National Park
- Gros Morne National Park
- Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve
300
Recreational activities where something is used or taken from the environment
What is Consumptive Recreation
300
what are some ways to preserve ecological integrity?
What is establish protected areas, creating legislation (law), awareness through education
300
What percentage of NL is protected?
What is 4.5%
300
any substance that, when introduced to the environment, adversely affects a resource or the health of humans, wildlife, or ecosystems
What is pollutant
400
large protected areas (greater than 1,000 km2) that are designed to protect significant natural features and landscapes
What is wilderness reserves
400
Recreational activities that do not take anything from the
environment
What is non-consumptive recreation
400
Example of tourist attractions near us here in NL?
What is Brigus, Cupids, Cape Spear, Signal Hill, Terra Nova, Gros Morne, whale watching, etc.
400
Signal Hill is an example of what type of protected area?
What is National Historic Site
400
This process of accumulating toxins in an organism’s body is known as
What is bioaccumulation
500
are protected areas of less than 1,000 km2—smaller than wilderness reserves—that are created to protect representative examples of ecosystems or ecoregions and to protect unique, rare, or endangered plants, animals, or other elements of our natural heritage
What is ecological reserves
500
what are some examples of consumptive activity impacts
What is hunting/cutting firewood
500
what are some advantages to tourism?
What is creates job, provides an income for people
500
The only wildlife park in our province is?
What is Salmoneir Nature Park
500
A wildlife species that faces imminent extirpation or extinction