CHAP.10

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

within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range

Question 7

poaching

Answer 7

cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.

Question 8

endemic species

Answer 8

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

Question 9

germ plasm

Answer 9

germ cells collectively.

Question 10

endangered species act

Answer 10

is a key legislation for both domestic and international conservation.

Question 11

habitat conversation plan

Answer 11

is a required part of an application for an Incidental Take Permit, a permit issued under the United States Endangered Species Act

Question 12

biodiversity treaty

Answer 12

the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological

Question 13

exotic species

Answer 13

non-indigenous species, and bioinvaders, are species of plants or animals that are growing in a nonnative environment.