chpt.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

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

An exotic species, with respect to a particular ecosystem, refers to any species, including its larvae, seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating the species, which is not native to that ecosystem

Question 8

poaching

Answer 8

Poaching is the illegal hunting, capturing, and often killing of wild animals. … Other activities such as killing a wild or protected animal without a license, in a prohibited manner, while trespassing, or exceeding one’s bag limit is as well considered poaching.

Question 9

endemic species

Answer 9

Endemism is the state of a species being native to a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere

Question 10

germ plasm

Answer 10

Germ plasm is a biological concept developed in the 19th century by the German biologist August Weismann. It states that heritable information is transmitted only by germ cells in the gonads, not by somatic cells

Question 11

endangered species act

Answer 11

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is the primary law in the United States for protecting imperiled species

Question 12

habitat conservation plan

Answer 12

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

Question 13

biodiversity treaty

Answer 13

The Convention on Biological Diversity, known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity; the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources