chapter 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

a plant or animal species generally perceived as likely, in the near future, to become endangered within all or much of its range

Question 7

exotic species

Answer 7

a species that is not native it is introduced into an area where it does not occur naturally

Question 8

poaching

Answer 8

illegally hunt or catch on land that is not one’s own or in contravention of official protection

Question 9

endemic species

Answer 9

are species that are found only in a limited restricted, and defined area or habitat, with no traces of its populations in any other part of the world

Question 10

germ plasm

Answer 10

germ cells collectively

Question 11

endangered species act

Answer 11

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 plan to protect endangered species by habitat preserves or other protection strategies developed in order to obtain a federal permit

Question 13

biodiversity treaty

Answer 13

treaty designed to promote the conservation of biodiversity and to endure the sustainable use and equitable sharing of genetic resources