ENWC201 UD Exam 2 Questions and
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biodiversity is lost when - ✔✔-Populations are greatly reduced in size
-A species becomes extinct (the death of a species. No individuals remain)
-An ecosystem is greatly modified or destroyed
-Accelerated by Human impact
-Developing countries at the highest rate
areas of highest biodiversity loss - ✔✔-The Amazon basin and Southeast
Asia (deforestation & expansion of crops)
-Bangladesh, Indus Valley, Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Africa
(Conversion to agriculture)
-Oceanic (overfishing and pollution)
# of mammals killed each day & example of mammal extinct - ✔✔-1000
-Yangtze River Dolphin
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,# of bird species facing extinction & example of extinct bird - ✔✔-1,226
-Spix Macaw
fraction of amphibians threatened by extinction & example of extinct
amphibian - ✔✔-1/3
-The Golden Toad
the biodiversity crisis in the ocean & example of a reason - ✔✔-70% of
coral reef threatened or destroyed
-Shark Finning
pre-european era - ✔✔-indian agriculture
-pleistocene overkill
-disease
-columbus
Era of Abundance - ✔✔-most wildlife were abundant, few negative effects
-streams choked with salmon
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, era of over exploitation - ✔✔decline in many game species; more people,
more hunting
-Market hunting
era of protection - ✔✔The Lacey Act
The Golden Age in Conservation
Lacey Act (1900) - ✔✔prohibits transporting wildlife across state borders
without permit.
Golden Age of Conservation - ✔✔-Teddy Roosevelt
-John Muir
-Gifford Pinchot
Era of Game Management - ✔✔-Aldo Leopold
-Pittman-Robertson Act
-Dingell-Johnson Act
Era of Environmental Management - ✔✔-increased national awareness
-endangered species act
-earth day
-dozens of acts
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
biodiversity is lost when - ✔✔-Populations are greatly reduced in size
-A species becomes extinct (the death of a species. No individuals remain)
-An ecosystem is greatly modified or destroyed
-Accelerated by Human impact
-Developing countries at the highest rate
areas of highest biodiversity loss - ✔✔-The Amazon basin and Southeast
Asia (deforestation & expansion of crops)
-Bangladesh, Indus Valley, Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Africa
(Conversion to agriculture)
-Oceanic (overfishing and pollution)
# of mammals killed each day & example of mammal extinct - ✔✔-1000
-Yangtze River Dolphin
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,# of bird species facing extinction & example of extinct bird - ✔✔-1,226
-Spix Macaw
fraction of amphibians threatened by extinction & example of extinct
amphibian - ✔✔-1/3
-The Golden Toad
the biodiversity crisis in the ocean & example of a reason - ✔✔-70% of
coral reef threatened or destroyed
-Shark Finning
pre-european era - ✔✔-indian agriculture
-pleistocene overkill
-disease
-columbus
Era of Abundance - ✔✔-most wildlife were abundant, few negative effects
-streams choked with salmon
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, era of over exploitation - ✔✔decline in many game species; more people,
more hunting
-Market hunting
era of protection - ✔✔The Lacey Act
The Golden Age in Conservation
Lacey Act (1900) - ✔✔prohibits transporting wildlife across state borders
without permit.
Golden Age of Conservation - ✔✔-Teddy Roosevelt
-John Muir
-Gifford Pinchot
Era of Game Management - ✔✔-Aldo Leopold
-Pittman-Robertson Act
-Dingell-Johnson Act
Era of Environmental Management - ✔✔-increased national awareness
-endangered species act
-earth day
-dozens of acts
3
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
