“Modern Extinctions”
(will take @45 min to listen to)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201005141
1. How many conservation goals were set to be met by 2010?
2. Define: Invasive species
3. How many were met?
4. What number extinction do scientists believe we are leading up to?
5. What is the extinction rate of the lizards in Mexico?
6. What was the sample size of the Mexican lizard population (how many sites?)?
7. Why is a 2 or 3 degree difference do damaging?
8. Why can’t the lizards adapt to the new temperature?
9. What part of the amphibian population is in decline in Yellowstone National Park?
10. When and why did the human population begin to increase dramatically (exponentially)?
11. How did humans manage to keep biological diversity stable until recently (past decade or two)?
12. “ Ecosystem services” are supplied by what type of organisms?
13. Give an example of an ecosystem service:
14. What type of organism can live for a hundred years in the wild?
15. The Chytrid fungus affects what part of an amphibian?
16. How many species of amphibians have been affected (population in decline or extinct now) by this fungus?
17. What climate does the Chytrid fungus enjoy?
18. Learning about the things that stress our ecosystem can help us to do what better?
19. What percentage of the Earth’s terrestrial surface is still considered wild or undeveloped?
20. What qualifies that land as being wild?
21. What percentage of the wild land is already protected land?
