Endangered species (IUCN status)

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/endangered-species-iucn-status

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the IUCN red list hierarchy?Ranked as the second most severe conservation status, below Critically Endangered
2. What is the species count trend?Animal species listed as Endangered increased from 1,102 (1998) to 3,079 (2012)

Extinction: The complete disappearance of a species from Earth, an irreversible biological event.
Biodiversity: The variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it.
IUCN Red List: The world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
Habitat Fragmentation: The process by which large, continuous habitats are broken into smaller, isolated patches.