Which of the following does NOT describe an NGO?

Slow acting b/c of difficulty coming to agreement

Choose which set of characteristics describes the most successful conservation area:

Includes a flagship species, runs educational programmes, circle-shaped.

Dividing a large habitat into smaller plots

All of the following are factors affecting species extinction EXCEPT?

Low number of mature individuals

What does the IUCN Red List try to do?

Classify organisms as threatened, endangered, etc

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IB ESS Topics 3.3+3.4

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1
What is the term used to describe sites that surround conservation areas and minimise outside influences on them?
Nature Preserve
Zoos
Buffer Zone
2
Which of the following is NOT optimal for designing a protected area?
Use of corridors
Close proximity to other protected areas
Large
Square in shape
3
Species that play a very important role in maintaining the stability of an ecosystem.
Top Carnivore Species
Flagship Species
Keystone Species
Tertiary Species
4
Which of the following does NOT describe a GO?
Have no legal power
Slow acting b/c of difficulty coming to agreement
Can create and enforce laws
Media uses statements to inform public
5
Which of the following does NOT describe an NGO?
Slow acting b/c of difficulty coming to agreement
Use footage of activities to gain media attention
Have no legal power, put pressure on govt for change
Unaffected by politics
6
How do we refer to the changed environmental conditions in the peripheral area of a conservation area?
Beneficial
Development
Buffer Zone
Edge Effect
7
What is NOT a cause of the current rate of species loss?
Zoos
Habitat Destruction
Over harvesting
Invasive Species
8
Which of the following is NOT a cause of one of the first 5 Mass Extinctions?
Super Volcanic Eruption
Climate Changes
Techtonic Plate Movement
One Species
9
Choose which set of characteristics describes the most successful conservation area:
Run by a non-governmental organisation, large and round-shaped.
Includes a flagship species, runs educational programmes, circle-shaped.
Funded by government, several small habitats, each of them long and thin.
Surrounded by buffer zones, many visitors, no environmental corridors.
10
Fragmentation is?
Breaking food webs into smaller food chains
Developing land for human use
Removing habitat from an area
Dividing a large habitat into smaller plots
11
All of the following are factors affecting species extinction EXCEPT?
Low number of mature individuals
Narrow geographic range
Few populations
Low reproductive rates
12
What is one cause of the difficulty in counting a species' population?
Lack of interest
Increase in technology
Size of species
NGO interference
13
What does the IUCN Red List try to do?
Infiltrate the black market to stop trade of animal parts
Classify organisms as threatened, endangered, etc
Enforce laws put in place by the United Nations
Save species that are close to extinction
14
A Panda Bear would be an example of a...
Tertiary Species
Flagship Species
Keystone Species
Top Carnivore Species
15
Conservation approach where species are brought into special programmes that allow them to reproduce in captivity.
Habitat conservation
species conservation

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