unit 4

Question 1

describe captive breeding and release

Answer 1

pros: provides saftey, provides research opprtunities, used for public education, collecting money for conservation.
cons: hard to recreate habitats, ethically wrong, can develop health problems,dont adress decrease of wild populations

Question 2

5 main activities that bring in extra income

Answer 2

trophy hunting, sale of wildlife, harvesting natural resources, tourism, wildlife meat

Question 3

describe TREES (way to manage the tropical rainforest

Answer 3

Teach others, Restore damage, Encourge harmless living for the rainforest, Establish parks for protection, Support companies that protect the ranforests

Question 4

describe the impacts of human activity on tropical rainforests

Answer 4

deforestation- farming, logging, roads, population growth means more infrastructure and extraction of resources. Trees rapidly absorb nutrients from the soil, leaving the soil impoverished

Question 5

human impacts on antartica

Answer 5

whaling an poaching, warming of the sea, tourism, invasive species, explotation of resources

Question 6

what are the legislation strategies for human impacts on antartica

Answer 6

legistlation and international agreement, fishing regulations, prohibition of mining for coal and oil, waste managment, permits for tourists

Question 7

conservation

Answer 7

hunting and deforestation

Question 8

preservation

Answer 8

dont touch

Question 9

4 big takeaways from using conservation startegies

Answer 9

vunerble areas should have minimal exposure with a buffer zone for protection, attempt to mantain biodiversity, establish education programs, retain local resources

Question 10

forests: tropical v temperate

Answer 10

tropical: thin soil with poor nutrients, limited sunlight, highly diverse ecosystem
temperate; nutrient rich soil, rich biodiversity, timber source

Question 11

GPP

Answer 11

rate at which solar energy is captured in sugar during photosyntheis

Question 12

NPP

Answer 12

energy stored as biomass and availble to consumers (passed within trophic levels)

Question 13

invasive species

Answer 13

create competion, reduces biodiverity, alters habitats, causes extinction

Question 14

legislations that conserve biodiversity

Answer 14

protection of species, regylation of harvesting, international trade in endangerd species, red list, international whaling commision

Question 15

what is the role of EDGE

Answer 15

protecting the most unique species on the planet (on the verge of extinction)