Principles of Habitat Conservation & Management

Pollination and converting carbon dioxide to plant tissue are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?

Supporting

supporting

These are the basic ecosystem processes that maintain the conditions for life on Earth, enabling all other ecosystem services (like food or clean water) to exist.

regulating

benefits ecosystems provide by controlling natural processes—stabilizing climate, mitigating disasters, and maintaining environmental balance. These services are often invisible but critical for human survival.

Which of the following is NOT a main cause of habitat loss?

Biodiversity

Provisional

the tangible, direct benefits humans obtain from ecosystems—products we use for survival, nutrition, and economic gain. These are the most visible and immediately valued services.

Cultural

non-material benefits that people obtain from ecosystems.

Energy Development

refers to the processes and infrastructure involved in producing, managing, and distributing energy resources.

Urban Sprawl

the unplanned, uncontrolled spreading of urban development into areas adjoining cities.

Which of the following is NOT required for an area to be considered a habitat?

Mammals

Oil spills are an example of which of the following types of habitat loss?

Habitat degradation

Food, water and wood are all examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?

Provisional

Which of the following is NOT a main cause of habitat loss?

Biodiversity

Which of the following best describes a river?

Multiple streams intersecting to form a deep and wide moving body of water

Which of the following countries do NOT have taiga habitat?

Egypt

The Arctic Circle is most likely to have which type of habitat?

Tundra

Tundra

• Climate: Extremely cold, permafrost soil, very short growing season.

• Vegetation: Mosses, lichens, low shrubs—no trees.

• Wildlife: Arctic foxes, caribou, polar bears.

• Location: Arctic Circle, high mountain tops.

• Ecosystem Role: Stores carbon in frozen soil.

Taiga (Boreal Forest)

• Climate: Cold, long winters, short summers.

• Vegetation: Coniferous trees (pines, spruces).

• Wildlife: Moose, bears, wolves.

• Location: Canada, Russia, Scandinavia.

• Importance: One of the largest carbon sinks on Earth.

Desert

• Climate: Very dry, hot during the day and cold at night.

• Vegetation: Cacti, drought-resistant shrubs.

• Wildlife: Lizards, snakes, scorpions, camels.

• Location: Sahara, Mojave, Gobi, Atacama.

• Adaptations: Plants and animals conserve water.

Which of the following is NOT a type of habitat?

Terrestrial, Freshwater, Marine, Feral

Feral

Which of the following wildlife populations was known to significantly decline in number due to market hunting and loss of habitat?

White tailed deer

National Environmental Policy Act

Ensures all branches of government consider the impact of any government project or initiative which could adversely affect the environment

taylor Grazing act

Controls overgrazing and overproduction of public lands

national Park service act

Protects the fundamentals of parks to conserve the scenery, historic object and inhabiting wildlife

Grassslands

• Climate: Moderate rainfall, seasonal droughts.

• Vegetation: Mostly grasses, few trees.

• Wildlife: Bison, antelope, prairie dogs.

• Location: Prairies (North America), savannas (Africa), steppes (Eurasia).

• Fun Fact: Important for grazing and agriculture.

Which of the following is NOT an example of restoration?

• Cleaning up pollution from an area

• Enacting laws to protect land from human intervention

• Reintroducing native species to an area

• Removing human-created objects from an environment

Enacting laws to protect land from human intervention

Preservation is regarded as which of the following?

Management of a certain area

Rebuilding a destroyed area

Ensuring people make smart ecological choices

The non-use of natural resources

The non-use of natural resources

Which habitat would heavy grazers and burrowing animals most likely be found?

Grasslands

Habitat fragmentation

Breaking up habitats to the point where the habitat can no longer remain functional

habitat degradation

Act of polluting or otherwise altering a habitat until the quality of the habitat can no longer support life

Habitat destruction

Act of complete loss of habitat through direct human involvement

Carnivorous plants

Which of the following would most likely be found in a bog?

Floating algae

phytoplankton

Aquatic

Related to water

Terrestrial

Related to soil or dry land

Crustaceans

Invertebrate aquatic animals

Which of the following best describes urban sprawl?

Mass expansion of urban areas which rapidly destroy the surrounding environment

Tourism and recreation are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?

Cultural

Deserts

Plants with shallow widespread roots and thick leaves

Grasslands

Various species of grasses

Deciduous forests

Trees with color-changing leaves such as oak, maple and beech

Tropical rainforests

Large evergreen trees, vines, ferns and mosses

Taiga

Evergreen trees

Tundra

Mosses and lichen