APES Ch 9: Sustaining Species Biodiversity Vocabulary Quiz

An ecological phenomenon triggered by addition or removal of top predators and involving reciprocal changes in the relative populations of predator and prey through a food chain.

• ecotourism

• trophic cascade

• precautionary principle

• bioprospectors

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Normal extinction rate of various species as a result of changes in local environmental conditions.

• extinction

• background extinction

• extinction rate

• speciation crisis

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Purpose is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commerce Department’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 1973.

• Living Planet Index (LPI)

• Convention on Biological Diversity (BCD)

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities.

• species area relationships

• precautionary principle

• speciation crisis

• habitat fragmentation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Species that migrate into an ecosystem or are deliberately or accidentally introduced into an ecosystem by humans and whose presence crowds out populations of native species, cause human health problems, and lead to economic losses.

• invasive species

• endangered species

• introduced species

• threatened (vulnerable) species

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Wild species that is still abundant in its natural range but it is likely to become endangered because of a decline in numbers.

• introduced species

• threatened (vulnerable) species

• endangered species

• invasive species

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Increase in concentration of DDT, PCBs, and other slowly degradable, fat-soluble chemicals in organisms at successively higher trophic levels of a food chain or web.

• biomagnification

• bioaccumulation

Act to prevent or reduce harm when preliminary evidence indicates acting is needed, even if some of the cause and effect relationships have not been fully established scientifically.

• Living Planet Index (LPI)

• species - area relationships

• precautionary principle

• HIPPCO

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Complete disappearance of a species from the Earth. It happens when a species cannot adapt and successfully reproduce under new environmental conditions or when a species evolves into one or more new species.

• threatened (vulnerable) species

• endangered species

• species of least concern

• biological extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

International agreement between governments whose aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. 1975.

• HIPPCO

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• Convention on Biological Diversity (BCD)

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)