21 - Biodiversity Conservation

Question 1

“ecological system,” community of organisms in a given region. A specific region

Answer 1

ecosystem

Question 2

environment in which a population or individual lives

Answer 2

habitat

Question 3

living entity, one of a population

Answer 3

organism

Question 4

populations in a particular environment

Answer 4

community

Question 5

group of organisms of the same species living/mating in the same region (group of the same organism) ex. mountain goat, eagle etc in a mountain

Answer 5

population

Question 6

Major community of organisms, system of ecosystems, identified by dominant plants - areas of similar vegetation

Answer 6

biome

Question 7

range of abiotic factors within which an organism can survive

Answer 7

range of tolerance

Question 8

upper and lower limits of the range of tolerance

Answer 8

zone of physiological stress

Question 9

ideal conditions for species survival

Answer 9

optimum range

Question 10

varied amount of life forms (among members of a population, and of species)

Answer 10

biodiversity

Question 11

variability in genetic makeup among individuals of the same species

Answer 11

genetic diversity

Question 12

total number of different species in an area

Answer 12

species diversity

Question 13

variety of ecosystems in an area

Answer 13

ecosystem diversity

Question 14

area with high numbers of endemic species e.g., tropical forest

Answer 14

biodiversity hot spot

Question 15

plant or animal species exclusive/confined to a specific area

Answer 15

endemic species

Question 16

eliminated from part of their range - pushed into a different ecosystem (fox from alberta)

Answer 16

extirpated

Question 17

Official, any indigenous species/subspecies near imminent extinction

Answer 17

endangered

Question 18

when in low numbers

Answer 18

ecologically extinct (aka might as well be extinct)

Question 19

model of dynamics and pressures of extinction (ex. humans make extinction faster)

Answer 19

extinction vortex

Question 20

conceptual model of a shrinking biodiversity on Earth

Answer 20

biodiversity value frameworks

Question 21

decadal goal (2011-2020), member nations tasked
with assessing and reducing biodiversity loss in their states

Answer 21

United Nations Decade on Biodiversity

Question 22

ecosystems (including water) to be designated as protected areas by 2020

Answer 22

Species at Risk Act (SARA) – Canadian legislation required by the CBD, finally passed (2002) + Aichi Targets