What is an endangered species?
Why is a large wild population important?
What causes species to go extinct as part of evolution?
Which of the following are species conservation strategies?
Describe how humans can protect species that could become endangered.
Describe how an endangered species differs from a threatened species.
Describe how an endangered species differs from an extinct species.
Approximately how many species are considered "endangered" worldwide?
How many are considered "endangered" in the US?
Approximately how many species go extinct each year?
Is this number increasing, decreasing or staying the same?
Explain why?
Describe the United States Endangered Species Act.
When was it enacted?
What does it do?
Describe the Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
When was it enacted?
What does it do?
Describe how a is species added to the endangered species list.
Not everyone is a fan of the Endangered Species Act.
What is one criticism of it?
What person or group makes this claim?
Identify four specific reasons a species may become endangered (e.g. "humans" is too general; name specific things humans do).
Put a * next to the reason that you think is most significant.
Not every animal that is listed as “endangered” goes extinct – some recover thanks to people stepping in and are eventually removed from the list.
Identify two species that used to be considered endangered but are now considered ‘success stories’.
Which of the following are factors that cause species to go extinct?
Which of the following will be MORE likely to go extinct?
Intraspecies and interspecies competition (intra=between separate species/inter=within the same species) can cause extinction through competition over which types of resources?
Which of the following would NOT be a strategies to protect animal populations?