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What percentage of the earth's land surface is protected?
15
In what year was the Pelican Island National Refuge System in Florida created?
1903
What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by marine habitats?
70
What percentage of fresh water is trapped in glaciers or underground aquifers?
99
Tourism and recreation are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?
Cultural
Which of the following countries do NOT have taiga habitat?
Egypt
Which of the following is NOT an example of restoration?
Enacting laws to protect land from human intervention
Which of the following is NOT a type of habitat?
Feral
Which habitat would heavy grazers and burrowing animals most likely be found?
Grasslands
Oil spills are an example of which of the following types of habitat loss?
Habitat degradation
What percentage of native vegetation remains in the United States?
Less than 25
Which of the following is NOT required for an area to be considered a habitat?
Mammals
Which of the following best describes urban sprawl?
Mass expansion of urban areas which rapidly destroy the surrounding environment
How many jobs have been created by U.S. National Parks?
More than seven million
Which of the following best describes a river?
Multiple streams intersecting to form a deep and wide moving body of water
Food, water and wood are all examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?
Provisional
Pollination and converting carbon dioxide to plant tissue are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?
Supporting
Preservation is regarded as which of the following?
The non-use of natural resources
Which president was responsible for establishing the Forest Service?
Theodore Roosevelt
The Arctic Circle is most likely to have which type of habitat?
Tundra
Which of the following wildlife populations was known to significantly decline in number due to market hunting and loss of habitat?
White tailed deer
Which of the following was the first established national park?
Yellowstone
