Environmentally sensitive ecosystems 24.9

Question 1

What are environmentally sensitive ecosystems?

Answer 1

Environments that are less resistant to change and are quite fragile

Question 2

What management techniques are used for these areas?

Answer 2

• Limiting access to tourists
• Controlling livestock
• Anti-poaching methods
• Limiting hunting

Question 3

What are the Galapagos Islands?

Answer 3

Volcanic islands in Ecuador

Question 4

What kind of animals are present in the Galapagos Islands?

Answer 4

The majority are reptiles but there are rice rats that arrived after being washed away from mainland river banks. They also have unique species

• The Galapagos giant tortoise
• The flightless bird who fishes
• The marine iguana which can swim

Question 5

What kind of plants are present in the Galapagos Islands?

Answer 5

• The humid zone contains cloud forest and mosses
• The arid zone contains cacti
• The coastal zone contains salt-tolerant species like mangrove

Question 6

What is Antarctica?

Answer 6

This is the coldest, driest, windiest, emptiest continent that consists of a giant sheet of ice. The average temp is -30 degrees celsius and their winters are 24-hour darkness

Question 7

What kinds of animals are present in Antarctica?

Answer 7

There are endotherms there that have a lot of blubber to insulate them from the cold like emperor penguins which survive on the land.

Question 8

What kinds of plants are present in Antarctica?

Answer 8

Plants can only grow in ice-free regions and these are very resistant plants like lichens

Question 9

What is Snowdonia?

Answer 9

It’s a national park in Wales which is full of mountainous terrain.