Theory question 104
Conservation of Natural Resources(a)(i) What are conservation laws? (ii) State three conservation laws.
(b)(i) State two reasons why animals are poached. (ii) Name five animals that are commonly poached.
(c) State four effects of excessive use of the forest.
(d) Explain briefly the following terms: (i) blood transfusion; (ii) antigen.
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(a)(i) Conservation laws are rules made by government to protect and regulate the use of natural resources so that they are not wasted or destroyed.
(ii) Any three: laws against hunting endangered species; ban on bush burning; laws against illegal felling of trees/requiring permits; closed seasons for hunting/fishing; laws against trade in wildlife products; laws against pollution; laws setting up game reserves and national parks.
(b)(i) For meat (bushmeat); for skins, tusks, horns, scales to sell for money; for traditional medicine; for pets/trade.
(ii) Any five: elephant; leopard; pangolin; crocodile; gorilla/chimpanzee; antelope; python; grasscutter; rhinoceros; parrot.
(c) Any four: deforestation and loss of habitats; extinction of plant and animal species; soil erosion and desertification; reduced rainfall/climate change; flooding; loss of timber and medicinal plants; increased CO2 in the air.
(d)(i) Blood transfusion is the transfer of blood from a healthy donor into the blood vessels of a recipient who needs it, after matching blood groups.
(ii) An antigen is a foreign substance (usually a protein, e.g. on red cells or germs) that stimulates the body to produce antibodies.
Give named animals, not general groups, in (b)(ii).