Biodiversity Vocab

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem  is called?

• endangered species
• biology
• biodiversity
• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

• DNA
• Chromosome
• RNA
• gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.

• keystone species
• corner species
• important species
• essential species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife

• biotourism
• ecotourism
• conservation tourism
• endangered tourism 

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

• threatened species
• extinct species
• endangered species
• invasive species

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future

• endangered species
• threatened species
• invasive species
• extinct species

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

what term is also known as alien species, invasive species, non-indigenous species

• exotic species 
• threatened species
• damaged species 
• extinct species 

the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission is called?

• hunting
• poaching
• encroaching
• trapping 

Lemurs are a type of endemic species what does this mean?

• plants and animals that exist only in one  region
• Plants and animals that exist in many regions
• plants and animals that are indigenous to an area 
• plants and animals not originally from the area