Endangerd Species

Question 1

Most Endangered Species

Answer 1

have small range, require large territory, have long generations, have a very specialized niche, or live on an island

Question 2

Atlantic Salmon

Answer 2

interbreeding with a competition from escaped farm raised salmon from the aquaculture industry threaten the wild salmon population

Question 3

California Condor

Answer 3

reasons for decline include shootings, poisoning. lead poisoning, collisions with powerlines, egg collecting, pesticides, habitat loss, and the decline of large and medium size native mammals due to encroachments of agriculture and urbanization

Question 4

Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly

Answer 4

a 1-inch long insect currently restricted to only 12 known populations in San Bernadino and riverside counties. an estimated 98% of its habitat has been converted to resitential, agricultural, and comercial use.

Question 5

Florida Panther

Answer 5

hunting and development that resulted in habitat loss fragmentation

Question 6

Gray Wolf

Answer 6

subject of pretator eradication programs sponsored by the Federal gov. Prior to to Endanged Species Act 1973, exterminated from the lower 48 states except for a few hundred inhabiting extreme Northeastern Minnesota and a small number on the Isle Royale, Michigan.

Question 7

Grizzly Bear

Answer 7

conflict with humans and develoment that resulted in habitat loss and fragmentation

Question 8

Piping Plover

Answer 8

predation and human disturbance are thought to be the main cause of the plover’s decline. it listed as endangered in the Great lakes region and as threatened in the Great Plains and on the Atlantic coast

Question 9

Monatee

Answer 9

initial population decreases resulted from the overharvesting for meat, oil and leather. Today, heavy mortality occurs from accidental collisions with boats and barges, and from canal lock operations.

Question 10

Whooping Crane

Answer 10

drainage of wetlands, conversion of grasslands to agriculture, and hunting for feathers.