Chapter 10 Vocabulary

___________ the variety of organisms in a given area, the genetic variation within a population, the variety of species in a community or the variety of communities in an ecosystem. 

• species 
• biology
• biodiversity
• diversity

____________________ is an international agreement aimed at strengthening national control and preservation of biological resources; associated with the UN conference and environment and Development in 1992.

• Clean Air Act
• Biodiversity Treaty
• Endangered Species Act
• Environmental Impact Statement 

____________ is a segment of DNA that is located in a chromosome and that codes for a specific hereditary trait.

• exotic species
• allele
• Gene
• Chromosome

________________ a species that is not native to a particular region.

• Exotic Species
• Endangered Species
• Threatened Species
• Endemic Species

The illegal capture or killing of an organism, often for money, is called...

• poaching
• harvesting
• fragementation
• extinction

Species that could become endangered in the near future are called

• unlucky
• extinct
• endangered
• threatened

What is biodiversity?

• The variation of life found on earth + the variations within the species. 
• Same as species diversity
• The variation of life.
• The variation of alleles.

___________ an act that the U.S. Congress passed in 1973 to protect any plan or animal species in danger of extinction

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Species Act
• Endangered Air Act
• Endangered Species Act

This supports the conservation and sustainable development of ecologically unique areas

• Tourism
• Ecotourism
• Genetic Conservation
• ecological conservation

A species that is vital to survival of a local ecosystem is called a(n) __.

• Marine
• Keystone
• Organism
• Latchkey