Ecology

Question 1

What do we need to protect organisms for?

Answer 1

Disease
Predators
Habitat loss

Question 2

What is In situ conservation?

Answer 2

Conservation of a species Within the natural environment.
This conserves the whole community/ecosystem

Question 3

What is Ex situ conservation?

Answer 3

Conservation of a species Outside the natural environment (zoo)

Question 4

What are the four classifications for abundance/conservation.

Answer 4

Extinct
Extinct in wild
Endangered
Vulnerable

Question 5

What are some examples of active management techniques?

Answer 5

Controlled grazing
Restrict human access
Controlling poaching
Feeding animals
Halting succession

Question 6

What are the three ways of measuring/studying biodiversity

Answer 6

Habitat biodiversity
Species biodiversity
Genetic biodiversity

Question 7

What is Habitat biodiversity?

Answer 7

It is the number of different habitats found in an area.

Question 8

What is species biodiversity

Answer 8

It is both the species richness (number of different species living in an area) and species evenness (a comparison of the number of individuals of each species living in a community)

Question 9

What is Genetic biodiversity?

Answer 9

It refers to the variety of genes that make up a species

Question 10

What is a pooter?

Answer 10

It is used to catch small animals by sucking into a mouthpiece, drawing the insects into a holding chamber.

Question 11

What are some factors that may effect genetic biodiversity?

Answer 11

Genetic bottlenecks (few individuals survive event)
Founder effect (small number of individuals create new colony away from others)
Mutation
Natural selection
Rare breeds
Captive breeding programs