Environment Under the Anthropocene: Illegal Wildlife Trade and Overfishing

Question 1

variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and can encompass the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain life

Answer 1

Biodiversity

Question 2

what is found in many ecosystems

Answer 2

deserts
grasslands
forests
oceans

Question 3

What does HIPPCO means

Answer 3

Habitat destruction/degradation/
Invasive species
Population growth
Pollution
Climate Change
Overexploitation

Question 4

How do humans accelerate species extinction

Answer 4

1. loss of habitat
2. HIPPCO

Question 5

what animals is not usually in the Philippines

Answer 5

tortoises or land turtles

Question 6

an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

Answer 6

zoonotic diseases

Question 7

4th largest illegal business

Answer 7

illegal widlife trade

Question 8

number 1 trafficked species in the Philippines

Answer 8

Pangolin

Question 9

usually the number 1 pet trade

Answer 9

turtles

Question 10

increases likelihood of illegal wildlife trade

Answer 10

technology

Question 11

form of overexploitation in which stocks of aquatic organisms are depleted to unsustainable levels

Answer 11

overfishing

Question 12

causes of overfishing

Answer 12

massive depletion of many species
loss of breeders

Question 13

What impact to the environment discontinuity in the food chain and food web

Answer 13

ecological imbalance

Question 14

what impact to the environment is dues to heavy and large fishing gear equipments

Answer 14

habitat damage

Question 15

what impact to the environment is ghost or fishing nets that unsustainability disposed of

Answer 15

ghost fishing

Question 16

catching young fish removes them before they can help replenish the population

Answer 16

fishing nurseries

Question 17

what are threats to coral reefs

Answer 17

1. fishing nurseries
2. marine debris
3. indiscriminate fishing
4. fishing spawning aggregations
5. net primary productivity

Question 18

wearing out of the amount of ozone in the stratosphere

Answer 18

depletion of ozone

Question 19

ozone layer absorbs how many percent of sun’s UV radiation

Answer 19

98%

Question 20

what do you call the chlorine + fluorine + carbon

Answer 20

chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

Question 21

areas of damage in the ozone layer

Answer 21

ozone holes

Question 22

ozone layer above Antartic

Answer 22

ozone hole and CFC gasses

Question 23

What do you call the phase - down of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

Answer 23

Kigali Amendment

Question 24

What is the global agreement to protect the ozone layer by phasing out chemicals that deplete it

Answer 24

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987

Question 25

how to protect our ozone layer

Answer 25

minimize the use of cars
find environmental friendly cleaning products
buying local products

Question 26

what are the colors of high ozone amount

Answer 26

red, orange, yellow

Question 27

When is the international day for the preservation of the ozone layer

Answer 27

September 16

Question 28

NPP happens greatly in the oceans by ??

Answer 28

Phytoplanktons

Question 29

traps set too close to reefs and marine debris can damage coral reefs, which take a long time to recover

Answer 29

marine debris

Question 30

large fish produce more young that are likely to survive to adulthood

Answer 30

fishing too many big fish

Question 31

use of non-selective gears, like nets and traps, often removes more herbivorous fishes

Answer 31

Indiscriminate fishing

Question 31

some species gather in large numbers at predictable times and locations to mate

Answer 31

fishing spawning aggregations