Conservation of Biodiversity

Question 1

What are two examples of humans impact on the biosphere?

Answer 1

Extinction of animal species and pollution/plastic pollution

Question 2

Plastic waste eventually ends up where?

Answer 2

In the ocean

Question 3

How many sea birds die per year due to plastic waste in the ocean?

Answer 3

One million

Question 4

What is the North Pacific Gyre?

Answer 4

A collection of marine debris in the Pacific ocean, which is litter that ends up in bodies of water.

Question 5

How many gyres are there total?

Answer 5

Five

Question 6

How many billions of pounds is put into the ocean each year?

Answer 6

18 billion

Question 7

Who is the top plastic polluter and what is the percentage compared to other countries worldwide?

Answer 7

China – 28% of global plastic waste

Question 8

Who is the 2nd top plastic polluter and what is the percentage compared to other countries worldwide?

Answer 8

Indonesia – 10% of global plastic waste

Question 9

Who is the 3rd top plastic polluter and what is the percentage compared to other countries worldwide?

Answer 9

Phillippines – 6% of global plastic waste

Question 10

Who is the 4th top plastic polluter and what is the percentage compared to other countries worldwide?

Answer 10

Vietnam – 6% of global plastic waste

Question 11

Who is the 5th top plastic polluter and what is the percentage compared to other countries worldwide?

Answer 11

Thailand – 3.2% of global plastic waste

Question 12

How many tons of new plastic is put into the ocean each year?

Answer 12

8 million

Question 12

Birds carry how many tons to where each year through their stomachs?

Answer 12

5 tons to Midway Island

Question 13

One garbage truck per each how many minutes does that equate to?

Answer 13

1 minute

Question 14

4.5 trillion cigarette blanks are thrown on the ground each year worldwide?

Answer 14

Butts

Question 15

The cigarette butt number is enough to wrap around the earth how many times?

Answer 15

2,852 times

Question 16

What two animals eat cigarette butts, which contain poison for the animals?

Answer 16

Birds and fish

Question 17

Are cigarette butts a single use plastic?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

When shopping, using a what goes a long way?

Answer 18

Reusable shopping bag

Question 19

What is the worst offender?

Answer 19

Styrofoam

Question 20

When you can, is it better to buy things in boxes?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

How many species are we losing each year?

Answer 21

About 5,000 species per year

Question 21

What is the biggest cause of species extinction?

Answer 21

Habitat loss

Question 22

Birds have had a blank percentage decline worldwide since 1970, meaning we have blank fewer birds?

Answer 22

29% and 2.9 billion fewer birds

Question 23

What are three reasons for loss of birds and what is the main reason?

Answer 23

Cats (main reason), collisions, and habitat loss

Question 24

Forest birds have gone down what percentage since 1970?

Answer 24

22%

Question 25

Shorebirds have gone down what percentage since 1970?

Answer 25

37%

Question 26

Grassland birds have gone down what percentage since 1970?

Answer 26

53%

Question 27

When shark finning, up to how much of the shark is wasted?

Answer 27

98%

Question 28

Sharks are typically tossed back into the ocean after shark finning is done? What happens to them after that?

Answer 28

The shark usually drowns or is eaten alive by other fish

Question 29

How many sharks per year are used for shark finning?

Answer 29

73 million

Question 30

The most prized shark fins can cost hundreds of dollars with the average cost being what per pound?

Answer 30

450 dollars per pound

Question 31

In China, Japan, and other far-eastern countries, shark finning was used for shark fin soup. However, a commercial of a what decreased sales for this?

Answer 31

A shark bleeding out in front of patrons

Question 32

Over how many pangolins were poached for illegal trade over the last 16 years for traditional Chineseor Asian "medicine" due to the what in their scales?

Answer 32

Over 1.1 million pangolins for their keratin scales

Question 33

Elephants are killed by poachers for what three parts?

Answer 33

Ivory, body parts, and meat parts

Question 34

Rhinos are poached for their what?

Answer 34

Horns

Question 35

The picture taken by Apollo 8 on December 24th, 1968 of Earth rising started what movements in the US?

Answer 35

Conservationist movements as things like Earth Day and environmentalism. It also had countries start to work together.