1. How is a natural disturbance different from a human disturbance with consideration to the recovery of the environment?
A natural disaster is sometimes beneficial, such as fire helping decomposers by burning plants for them, or a flood refilling a lake. Natural disasters are always made of natural things, but human things, such as gasoline, pollution, and deforestation. It takes a very long time for the environment to bounce back after human disturbance.
A natural disaster is sometimes beneficial, such as fire helping decomposers by burning plants for them, or a flood refilling a lake. Natural disasters are always made of natural things, but human things, such as gasoline, pollution, and deforestation. It takes a very long time for the environment to bounce back after human disturbance.
2. Give an example of how human activity can destroy the habitat of other organisms. Can you think of a way that activity could have been done differently to avoid the destruction?
Around 86% of the world's destroyed habitats are centered in the Amazon. Most species massacres happen there because over a million species live and breed there. The place is usually cultivated because the trees are of great quality. Also, it could be reversed by people growing their own trees to cut down, if at all.
Around 86% of the world's destroyed habitats are centered in the Amazon. Most species massacres happen there because over a million species live and breed there. The place is usually cultivated because the trees are of great quality. Also, it could be reversed by people growing their own trees to cut down, if at all.
3. What is the difference between an extinct species and an endangered species? Give an example of each.
An extinct species is a species that has been wiped out, and no longer exists on the planet. An endangered one is a species that is just barely to the point, so much that there's barely 10,000 left or so.
An extinct species is a species that has been wiped out, and no longer exists on the planet. An endangered one is a species that is just barely to the point, so much that there's barely 10,000 left or so.
An extinct species, where do I start? It's sad, there are so many. I think I should say the Thylacine. It's been around since the Ice Age, yet us humans wiped it out in the 1930s.
Endangered: The most memorable one is the Giant Panda. There are only around 9,000 left.
4. Are zoos a sufficient means of preventing the extinction of the type of animals that live there? Explain your answer and give an example?
No, no, no, no, NO! Zoos kill animals, stop them from breeding, and destroy their... natural personality! Many times, animals have been mellowed by zoos and caretakers, and what's the point of sustaining a species if you can't release it?
No, no, no, no, NO! Zoos kill animals, stop them from breeding, and destroy their... natural personality! Many times, animals have been mellowed by zoos and caretakers, and what's the point of sustaining a species if you can't release it?
Take the LA zoo, for instance. The polar bear had to be removed because it was not suited for the enivironment. Then, when it was released, it died because it was too attatched to it's owners.
5d. Choose an endangered animal or plant species which interests you. When you have learned some information about this species, actively do one thing to contribute to the continued existence of this plant or animal...like sending an email to a conservation organization.
I sent a thank you e-mail to World Wildlife Fund. I also asked them to focus on tigers.
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