Download apes review part iv

•AN ORANGUTAN IS AN
Ape/Primate.
AND IT IS ENDANGERED BECAUSE…
their habitat (rainforests of
Indonesia and Malaysia) have some
of the highest rates of deforestation.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Ecosystem Component
Honey Bee
Water Cycle
Forest
Bat
Bacteria
Coral Reef
Wetland
Ecosystem Service
Pollination of Orchards
Purification, Transport Nutrients
Purification Air/Soil, Prevent Erosion
Mosquito Predator, Pollination
Breakdown Wastes & Toxins
Storm Protection, Fish Habitat
Filtration, Storm Protection
PROTECTING LEGISLATION
1. CITES – TREATY ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF
ENDANGERED SPECIES
2.LACEY ACT – PROHIBITS THE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT
OF WILD ANIMALS W/OUT FEDERAL PERMIT
3.ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT – US LAW FOR
CONSERVATION OF SPECIES AND THEIR RANGE
•WHALING IS JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME
OF
scientific
RESEARCH, BY THE COUNTRIES OF
Norway, Iceland and Japan.
•TWO ISLANDS, DIFFERENT DISTANCES
FROM THE MAINLAND HAVE DIFFERENT
RATES OF EXTINCTION, THIS IS
EXPLAINED BY THE THEORY OF ISLAND
Biogeography.
Dredging
•IS A TECHNIQUE TYPICALLY USED TO HARVEST
SCALLOPS, CRABS, AND SHRIMP FROM THE SEA
FLOOR.
•A FISHING PRACTICE THAT IS COMMONLY USED
TO CATCH LARGE SOLITARY SPECIES OF FISH IS
Long-Line Fishing
•TO LIVE AN ACTIVE LIFE MOST
ADULTS NEED TO CONSUME
2000
APPROXIMATELY _______
CALORIES OF FOOD EACH DAY.
SOIL PARTICLES
GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION
GREEN REVOLUTION
1.ARTIFICIAL SELECTION OR GMOS
2.IRRIGATION
3.SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES
4.SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS
PESTICIDE TREADMILL
EAGLES AND DDT
WATER CONSERVATION
1.EAT AT LOWER TROPHIC LEVELS
(MEAT USES TONS OF WATER)
2.USE GREY WATER TO FLUSH TOILET OR LANDSCAPE
3.USE LOW-FLOW APPLIANCES
(TOILET, SHOWER, FAUCET)
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING…
•PH: THE NUMBER THAT INDICATES THE
RELATIVE STRENGTH OF ACIDS AND BASES IN
A SUBSTANCE
•TURBIDITY: THE CLOUDINESS OR HAZINESS
OF A FLUID CAUSED BY SEDIMENTS
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING…
•WATER HARDNESS: THE AMOUNT OF DISSOLVED
CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM IN THE WATER
•BOD: THE AMOUNT OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN NEEDED
BY AEROBIC BIOLOGIC ORGANISMS (LIKE
BACTERIA) IN A BODY OF WATER TO BREAK DOWN
ORGANIC MATERIAL PRESENT
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING…
•ORGANIC WASTE: ORGANIC MATTER (FOOD,
GARDEN & LAWN) AND ANIMAL/PLANT BASED
MATERIAL LIKE PAPER
•CHOLERA: BACTERIAL DISEASE CAUSING SEVERE
DIARRHEA & DEHYDRATION, USUALLY SPREAD BY
FECAL MATTER IN WATER (POOR SANITATION)
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING…
•SCHISTOSOMIASIS: CHRONIC, ENDEMIC DISEASE TO S. AMERICA
& AFRICA CAUSED BY FLOOD INFESTATION OF SHISTOSOMES
RELEASED BY SNAILS – ATTACKS URINARY TRACT/INTESTINES
•GIARDIA: INTESTINAL INFECTION CAUSED BY THE PROTOZOAN
GIARDIA, FOUND IN AREAS WITH POOR SANITATION & UNSAFE
DRINKING WATER – CAUSES EXTREME DIARRHEA AND WEIGHT
LOSS