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Question 1

Q: Key steps for crafting a conservation message to zoo visitors

Answer 1

Understand:
-Research the conservation message and identify the easy action item.
-Understand the issue well, but be ready to explain it simply.
Motivate/provoke/relate:
-First you want them to care about the animal that is endangered. Create positive connection between visitors and animals.
-Stimulate curiosity and feelings.
-Relate the importance of our message(s) to their everyday lives. Keep message appropriate and relevant to specific audience.
-Keep it positive
-Focus on values: (1) protection of people, places, environment; (2) responsible management - taking practical steps to address problem is in best interest of future generations
Give:
-Give an easy action item that is doable for them.
Reveal impact:
-Explain how this will help the situation. Big picture.
-Connect to audience’s goals.

Question 2

Q: Conservation messages should focus on one of the following goals

Answer 2

Fostering feelings of empathy toward and appreciation of other species
Illustrating the impact humans have on the environment
Conveying how individuals can help protect animals and the environment

Question 3

Q: What are some realistic steps/solutions a zoo visitor can apply to conservation problems?

Answer 3

Reduce consumption - conserve water and energy, turn off lights when not in use, turn off water when brushing teeth, take shorter showers, plant native drought tolerant plants, walk or ride your bike, don’t buy things you don’t need, reduce fossil fuel use.
Reduce waste (recycle) - repurpose materials or reuse by bringing to thrift shops, recycle newspapers, glass, cans etc.
Education yourself and others on conservation issues.
Volunteer and/or contribute to conservation organizations.
Choose you pets wisely - make sure you can take care of them and don’t release unwanted pets to the wild; avoid purchasing exotic pets
Look for and purchase eco-friendly products.
Purchase sustainable items - use Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Seafood Watch Guide in choosing fish; avoid consuming slow growing hardwoods, non recyclable plastics, and petroleum made products

Question 4

Q: When was the AZA founded?

Answer 4

1924

Question 5

Q: Main reason for the decline of insects

Answer 5

Expanding human population and the effect this has on the environment, especially pesticides

Question 6

Q: Effect of climate change on insects

Answer 6

Warmer temperatures generally lead to more rapid development and survival.
Will be in a better position to adopt than other animal species due to short life cycles, high reproductive capacity, and high mobility
Could disrupt the timing of pollination especially in alpine environments, with serious negative impacts to both plants and pollinators.

Question 7

Q: What is one local endemic insect species at high risk of extinction? Discuss it.

Answer 7

The San Francisco forktail damselfly
Probably the rarest damselfly/dragonfly in North America.
Dragonflies and damselflies key roles: Predators as both nymphs and adults, feeding on a variety of prey including nuisance species such as mosquitoes and biting flies.
In 2016, the SFZG started a project to capture, breed, and release this damselfly into Mountain Lake, a newly restored site in the Presidio of San Francisco.

Question 8

Q: Where can zoo visitors go to be inspired to take steps to help pollinators?

Answer 8

Greenies Conservation Corner and the Fragrance Garden
Inspire visitors to transform their backyard or patio into their own conservation corner.
They can plant butterfly- and bee-friendly native flowering plants to attract pollinators and help maintain a healthy environment.
Discover the native flowering plants and pollinators and how you can help them thrive.

Question 9

Q: Ecology

Answer 9

The study of the living world– interactions between living (animals, plants) and nonliving (earth, air, sun water) components in the environment.

Question 10

Q: Environment

Answer 10

An animal’s environment is everything in its surroundings. The environment is made up of
living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components.

Question 11

Q: Biotic

Answer 11

Refers to the living parts of an environment such as plants and animals.

Question 12

Q: Abiotic

Answer 12

Refers to the components of an environment that are non-living which include air, water,
rocks and minerals, and sunlight.

Question 13

Q: Ecosystem

Answer 13

A community of living organisms and their environment working together and in
a natural balance.

Question 14

Q: Clarify the difference between an ecosystem and an environment

Answer 14

The term environment encompasses biotic and abiotic surroundings, but not the relationships. An ecosystem includes the interactions between the environment and the organisms that dwell within it.

Question 15

Q: Habitat

Answer 15

The specific environment in which any given organism or any given population lives. A habitat contains everything that an animal needs to survive, including air, food, water, shelter, sun, space and other animals of its own kind so that it can reproduce.

Question 16

Q: Biome

Answer 16

Large, naturally occurring, major habitat region defined by its climate and dominant vegetation.
The climate is mainly determined by the temperature and rainfall.
Each biome consists of many ecosystems whose communities have adapted to the small differences in climate and the environment inside the biome.
A biome supports a characteristic populations of fauna, which are adapted to that particular environment.
Zoo visitor discussion topic: Notice similar adaptations among different animals that live in the same biome.

Question 17

Q: Name the 5 principle biomes

Answer 17

Aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, tundra

Question 18

Q: Aquatic biome (summary and animals/plants)

Answer 18

Freshwater habitats (ponds, lakes, streams, wetlands) as well as marine habitats (ocean, coastal waters, estuaries, coral reefs).
Animals adapted for swimming (i.e. Fish, amphibians, turtles, some birds) and plants adapted to water (i.e. ferns, seaweeds). They use water as their support and don’t have the woody support of terrestrial plants.

Question 19

Q: Desert biome (summary and animals/plants)

Answer 19

Areas where rainfall is less than 10 inches/year. Desert habitat types include hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold. (i.e. Antarctica is a desert biome because if its low rainfall)
Plants (ie. cactus) and animals (tortoise, scimitar-horned oryx) must be able to conserve water.
hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold. (i.e. Antarctica is a desert biome because if its low rainfall)

Question 20

Q: Forest biome (summary and animals/plants)

Answer 20

Areas that are dominated by trees and other woody vegetation.
Occupy approximately one-third of Earth’s land area (today).
Tropical: areas are around equator between the Tropic of Cancer (latitude ~23.4 N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (latitude ~23.4 S). Temperate: (~30-60 deg. latitude), between the tropics and the polar regions.
Many birds, mammals, amphibians. Deciduous and coniferous trees in temperate forests; wide variety of plants in tropical forests (Kapok, fig, rubber, orchids, etc.).

Question 21

Q: Grassland biome (summary and animals/plants)

Answer 21

Habitats dominated by grasses (not trees and shrubs). Grasslands include tropical savannas and temperate grasslands (prairies).
Occur in temperate and tropical areas with reduced rainfall (10-30 inches per year) or prolonged dry seasons.
Too dry for forests but too wet for deserts.
Sometimes harsh conditions such as drought or wildfires.
Two types: the tropical savanna, like the Serengeti Plains of Africa, and the temperate grassland or steppe, like the prairie of the American midwest.
Sparse trees, shrubs and bushes, tall grass.
Animals: burrowers, grazers/browsers (many large herding animals), consumers; ungulates (horses, antelopes), lions, small rodents, etc.
Grasses survive fires because they grow from the bottom [and can have deep roots].

Question 22

Q: Tundra biome (summary and animals/plants)

Answer 22

Very cold habitats with low biotic diversity and simple vegetation structure.
Covers the northernmost regions of North America and Eurasia
About 20% of the Earth’s land area
8-10 inches/year of rainfall
Winters are long and dark. Very short summers.
Water frozen most of the time, producing frozen soil, permafrost.
Snow melt makes water plentiful during summer months. Plants/shrubs/lichens/mosses can grow quickly during short growing period, but too cold for trees.
Snowy owl, polar bears, brown bears, arctic fox, arctic hare, caribou, wolverines… During summer, tundra hosts numerous insects and migratory animals. Many animals have thick fur, blubber.
Very fragile environment.

Question 23

Q: Discuss the importance of water, bodies of water, and aquatic biomes

Answer 23

-Major natural resource; basis for all life
-Oceans regulate Earth’s climate (details on separate card)
-Oceans contain several billion photosynthetic plankton which account for most of the photosynthesis occurring on Earth and the oxygen we breathe
-Many land/water animals depend on freshwater habitats/resources (details on separate card)
-Wetlands purify water and trap pollutants

Question 24

Q: Discuss the relationship between the oceans and climate

Answer 24

-Water has high heat capacity; keeps the temperature of the atmosphere fairly constant.
-Oceans circulate heat and water throughout the planet, establishing the underlying conditions that lead to storms and rainfall patterns that can cause droughts and floods.

Question 25

Q: Discuss adaptations of marine mammals

Answer 25

-Marine mammals require special adaptations
-Extra layers of blubber help to retain body temperatures
-Bodies are streamlined for swimming
-Must be able to regulate the salt in their systems
-Mammals must come to the surface to breathe

Question 26

Q: Marine animals at the zoo

Answer 26

-[not anymore?] California sea lion
-Magellanic penguin
-Pelicans (white, brown, and pink-backed).

Question 27

Q: How are the position of the eyes and nose of the hippo similar in the green anaconda

Answer 27

Both are located high on their head, to sit above surface of water while animal is mostly submerged