How do we tell where poached Ivory comes from?

DNA is successfully isolated from small amounts of Ivory

What are humans doing or can do to prevent elephant extinction?

Stopping the trade of Ivory, Donating, Adopting elephants

Why are Elephants a keystone species?

Their dung has seeds, They use their tusks to dig for water

How is DNA technology used to help conservation efforts?

DNA technology is used to track the source of Ivory trade

How does gel electrophoresis work?

DNA fragments are separated by size. Agarose gel migrates.

What are some reasons for the decline of African Elephant numbers?

People are killing them for their tusks, Population growth is causing Elephant habitats to be lost

What is a keystone species?

A species which other species in an ecosystem largely depend

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Biotechnology/Conservation Quiz

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How do we tell where poached Ivory comes from?
Going to your local Ivory seller
DNA is successfully isolated from small amounts of Ivory
DNA is put inside of small amounts of Ivory
The internet
2
How many Elephants are we losing annually?
60,00
40,000
400,000
50,000
3
How many Elephants are estimated to be alive?
400,000
600,000
500,000
50,000
4
What are humans doing or can do to prevent elephant extinction?
Nothing
Killing the Elephants for their Ivory
Buying Ivory
Stopping the trade of Ivory, Donating, Adopting elephants
5
Why are Elephants a keystone species?
Because they just are
They kill humans
Their dung has no seeds, Their not important to Ecology
Their dung has seeds, They use their tusks to dig for water
6
What are the 2 types of African Elephants?
Savanna
Forest
Elephants
Savanna and Forest
7
How is DNA technology used to help conservation efforts?
DNA technology is not helpful
DNA technology does not track the source of Ivory trade
DNA technology is used to track the source of Ivory trade
DNA technology is used to play video games
8
How does gel electrophoresis work?
You make agarose gel electric.
Chromosomes are separated by size. Agarose gel migrates.
DNA is clumped together. Makes an electrical volt.
DNA fragments are separated by size. Agarose gel migrates.
9
What University have we been studying that has contributed a lot to tracking Ivory trade?
University of Michigan
Washington State University
University of Washington
Seattle University
10
What are some reasons for the decline of African Elephant numbers?
Tracking the source of Poached Ivory
People are killing them for their tusks
Donating to online websites to save the Elephants
Population growth is causing Elephant habitats to be lost
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What is a keystone species?
The most amazing species.
This species is not that important to the ecosystem.
A species which other species in an ecosystem largely depend
The most important species in the world.

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