CHAPTER 10 - BIODIVERSITY
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Chapter 10 Objectives
SECTION 1 - WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?
SECTION 2 - BIODIVERSITY AT RISK
SECTION 3 - THE FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY
- Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating the differ- ence between known numbers and estimated numbers.
- List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
- Explain four ways in which biodi- versity is important to ecosystems and humans.
- Analyze the potential value of a single species.
SECTION 2 - BIODIVERSITY AT RISK
- Define and give examples of endangered and threatened species.
- Describe several ways that species are being threatened with extinc- tion globally.
- Explain which types of threats are having the largest impact on bio- diversity.
- List areas of the world that have high levels of biodiversity and many threats to species.
- Compare the amount of biodiversity in the United States to that of the rest of the world.
SECTION 3 - THE FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY
- List and describe four types of efforts to save individual species.
- Explain the advantages of protect- ing entire ecosystems rather than individual species.
- Describe the main provisions of the Endangered Species Act.
- Discuss ways in which efforts to protect endangered species can lead to controversy.
- Describe three examples of world- wide cooperative efforts to prevent extinctions.
Chapter 10 Notes
Section 1 - What is Biodiversity?
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Section 2 - Biodiversity at Risk
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Section 3 - The Future of Biodiversity
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Chapter 10 Worksheets
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Section 1 - What is Biodiversity?
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Section 2 - Biodiversity at Risk
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Section 3 - The Future of Biodiversity
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Chapter Review
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Readings
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Book Questions
Section 1 - Page 244 , Questions #s 1-5
Section 2 - Page 251 , Questions #s 1-6
Section 3 - Page 257 , Questions #s 1-4
Chapter Review - Page 259 - 260 , Questions #s 8-23, 27
Section 2 - Page 251 , Questions #s 1-6
Section 3 - Page 257 , Questions #s 1-4
Chapter Review - Page 259 - 260 , Questions #s 8-23, 27
Chapter 10 Key Terms
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- biodiversity
- gene
- keystone species
- ecotourism
- endangered species
- threatened species
- exotic species
- poaching
- endemic species
- germ plasm
- Endangered Species Act
- habitat conservation plan
- Biodiversity Treaty