APES in a Box: Endangered Species
1: Define Threatened Species:
A species that is able to become endangered in the near future.
2: Define Endangered Species:
A species that are very close or will most likely become extinct .
3: What are some of the human impacts to biodiversity?
4: What are the characteristics of k selected species?
6: What are some causes for species to become threatened or endangered more than others?
7: What can we do to protect endangered species?
We can
8: What are some laws that protect endangered species? How do we know if the law is a United
States Law or International Treaty?
Some laws are
A species that is able to become endangered in the near future.
2: Define Endangered Species:
A species that are very close or will most likely become extinct .
3: What are some of the human impacts to biodiversity?
- habitat loss
- Pollution
- Deforestation
- Intro to invasive species
4: What are the characteristics of k selected species?
- Are able to live a long life
- Have a stable population size
- Very few but big offspring
- Have food parental care
- Live short lives
- have almost no parental care at all
- vary highly in population size
- Have the potential to rapidly grow in population
6: What are some causes for species to become threatened or endangered more than others?
- They are usually k-selectors
- They are usually specialists
- They have problems in of reproduction in a small population size
7: What can we do to protect endangered species?
We can
- Start breeding programs
- Preserve habitat
- have more education on this subject
8: What are some laws that protect endangered species? How do we know if the law is a United
States Law or International Treaty?
Some laws are
- Endangered species act
- Lacey Act
- CITES treaty
- Convention on biodiversity