Ch.10 Key Terms

Question 1

biodiversity

Answer 1

variety of life

Question 2

gene

Answer 2

parent offspring and is held to determine some characteristic

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 nearly wiped out and forgotten

Question 6

threatened species

Answer 6

any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Question 7

exotic species

Answer 7

are species of plants or animals that are growing in a nonnative environment.

Question 8

poaching

Answer 8

illegal hunting

Question 9

endemic species

Answer 9

Any species whose range is restricted to a limited geographical area.

Question 10

germ plasm

Answer 10

genetic material of germ cells

Question 11

endangered species act

Answer 11

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

to private entities undertaking projects that might result in the destruction of an endangered or threatened species.

Question 13

biodiversity treaty

Answer 13

“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; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.”