ApES in a box
1: Define Threatened Species:
A specie with a risk of extinction in the future
2: Define Endangered Species:
A specie with a very serious risk of going extinct
3: What are some of the human impacts to biodiversity?
4: What are the characteristics of k selected species?
5: What are the characteristics of r selected species?
6: What are some causes for species to become threatened or endangered more than others?
7: What can we do to protect endangered species?
8: What are some laws that protect endangered species? How do we know if the law is a United States Law or
International Treaty?
A specie with a risk of extinction in the future
2: Define Endangered Species:
A specie with a very serious risk of going extinct
3: What are some of the human impacts to biodiversity?
- Deforestation
- Overharvesting
- Alien or Invasive species
- Pollution
- Climate change
4: What are the characteristics of k selected species?
- Long life spans
- Large offspring
- Slow population growth
- Stable population size
- Few offspring
- Good parental care
5: What are the characteristics of r selected species?
- Short life span
- Potential for rapid population growth
- Little to no parental care
- Highly variable population size
- Many reproductive events with many offspring
6: What are some causes for species to become threatened or endangered more than others?
- Usually K-selector
- Usually specialists
- Reproductive problems in small population size
7: What can we do to protect endangered species?
- Habitat preservation
- Breeding programs
- Education
- Legislation
8: What are some laws that protect endangered species? How do we know if the law is a United States Law or
International Treaty?
- Endagered Species act
- Lacey act
- CITES
- Convention on biological diversity