Conservation

Question 1

Phytoplankton blooms

Answer 1

accumulations of microscopic algae; many are beneficial (carbon fixing); can create anoxic areas

Question 2

1607

Answer 2

Captain John Smith reported that the French were shipping 25000 beaver pelts per year to Europe

Question 3

1630

Answer 3

The Massachusetts Bay Colony offered a bounty of one shilling for each wolf killed

Question 4

1646

Answer 4

The city of PZortsmount, Rhode Island enacted the first closed season on deer hunting

Question 5

1650

Answer 5

much of the beaver had been eliminated from the entire east coast

Question 6

1748

Answer 6

South Carolina shipped 160000 deer pelts to England

Question 7

1872

Answer 7

Yellowstone National Park

Question 8

1900

Answer 8

Lacey Act

Question 9

1918

Answer 9

Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Question 10

1934

Answer 10

Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act

Question 11

1937

Answer 11

Federal Ain in Wildlife Restoration Act

Question 12

1950

Answer 12

Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act

Question 13

1972

Answer 13

Marine Mammal Protection Act

Question 14

1973

Answer 14

Endangered Species Act

Question 15

Endangered Species Act

Answer 15

passed in 1973 to protect and encourage population growth of threatened or endangered species

Question 16

Examples of threatened species

Answer 16

Whooping cranes, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, grey wolves, elephant seals

Question 17

What causes extinctions

Answer 17

• Habitat loss
• Introduced species
• Over-exploitation
• Pollution

Question 18

______ species in the US are listed as endangered

Answer 18

1312

Question 19

The average life span of a species

Answer 19

1-10 million years