Ch. 10 Key Terms

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Question 2

Gene

Answer 2

a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Question 3

Keystone Species

Answer 3

a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.

Question 4

Ecotourism

Answer 4

tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.

Question 5

Endangered Species

Answer 5

a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

Question 6

Threatened Species

Answer 6

plant or animal species generally perceived as likely, in the near future, to become endangered

Question 7

Exotic Species

Answer 7

Exotic species, which are also known as alien species, invasive species, non-indigenous species, and bioinvaders, are species of plants or animals that are growing in a nonnative environment

Question 8

Poaching

Answer 8

Killing Animals

Question 9

endemic species

Answer 9

Endemic species are especially likely to develop on geographically and biologically isolated areas such as islands and remote island groups

Question 10

Germ Plasm

Answer 10

germ cells collectively.

Question 11

Endangered Species act

Answer 11

he Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 is a key legislation for both domestic and international conservation. The act aims to provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats.

Question 12

Habitat Conservation plan

Answer 12

A Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is a required part of an application for an Incidental Take Permit, a permit issued under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) to private entities undertaking projects that might result in the destruction of an endangered or threatened species.

Question 13

Biodiversity treaty

Answer 13

The treaty defines biodiversity as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part;