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

Threatened Species are any species which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.

Question 7

Exotic species

Answer 7

which are also known as alien species, invasive species, non-indigenous species, and bioinvaders, are species of plants or animals that are growing in a nonnative environment.

Question 8

Poaching

Answer 8

the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.

Question 9

Endemic species

Answer 9

are especially likely to develop on geographically and biologically isolated areas

Question 10

Germ plasm

Answer 10

a biological concept developed in the 19th century by the German biologist August Weismann.

Question 11

Endangered species act

Answer 11

seriously at risk of extinction

Question 12

Habitat conversation plan

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Biodiversity treaty

Answer 13

known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty.