H.I.P.P.O. "Threats to Biodiversity? Directions: Use the review each "threat to and determine which real-life scenarios letter to match each A = Habitat loss B= Invasive species C= Pollution D= Population growth of humans E=Over-consumption of natural resources H.I.P.P.O matrix to biodiversity" category category the following belong to. Write the threat. 1 2. 3. 4. 5 The demand for beachfront property near Torrey Pines State Beach (San Diego) is reducing the size of wetlands and estuaries. Leopard skin coats were popular in the 1960s. When industries use water from rivers and bays, the water may go back into waterways at a higher temperature, killing organisms that can't tolerate warmer water. Arundo grass, an invasive species in the San Diego, destroyed many native plants in our cities canyons and waterways. More people are moving from urban areas to the "country" where there is more "natural scenery. 6. Demand for beef destroys many acres of rain forests each year, because forests are clear 7. 8. cut to create cattle farms. More than 60 percent of the animal life on the Hawaijan Islands are not native species. In the United States, the deer population in many states is larger now than in any other period of recorded history because natural predators have been destroyed by people who hunt or 9. fear these larger predators. The number of eagles, peregrine falcons, and ospreys dropped steeply in the late 1960s because of a pesticide called DDT that farmers sprayed on crops. DDT moved through the food chain as insects ate the pesticide covered plants and birds ate the insects. The DDT caused the birds to lay eggs with soft shells which cracked before the eggs could develop and hatch.
