Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Question 0

Intrinsic value

Answer 0

The value that living organisms or species have in their own right; in other words, organisms and species do not have to be useful to have value

Question 1

Instrumental value

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The value that living organisms or species have in virtue of their benefit to people; the degree to which they benefit humans

Question 2

Lacey Act

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Passed in 1900, the first national act that gave protection to wildlife by forbidding interstate commerce in illegally killed animals

Question 3

Ecotourism

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The enterprises involved in promoting tourism of unusual or interesting ecological sites

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Endangered Species Act

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The federal legislation that mandates the protection of species and their habitats which are determined to be in danger of extinction

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Endangered species

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A species whose total population is declining to relatively low levels such that, if the trend continues, the species will likely become extinct

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Exotic species

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A species introduced into a geographical area to which it is not native

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Speciation

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The evolutionary process whereby populations of a single species are separate and, through being exposed to different forces of natural selection, gradually develop into distinct species

Question 8

Extinction

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The death of all individuals of a particular species; when this occurs, all the genes of that particular line are lost forever