Mark the conservation term on the grid

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   A species being confined to one region and found nowhere else on earth.

   Item

   Endemism

2. Clue

   A region of very high species richness and high endemism, picked for maximum protection.

   Item

   Hotspot

3. Clue

   Saving a species by protecting the whole ecosystem it lives in, on site.

   Item

   In situ

4. Clue

   Keeping threatened species off site in zoos, botanical gardens and seed banks.

   Item

   Ex situ

5. Clue

   A forest tract venerated by a culture, its trees and wildlife given total protection.

   Item

   Sacred grove

6. Clue

   Ehrlich's analogy of species as the rivets holding an airplane together.

   Item

   Rivet popper

7. Clue

   Exploring genetic and species diversity for products of economic importance.

   Item

   Bioprospecting

8. Clue

   The IUCN document recording 784 species lost over the last 500 years.

   Item

   Red List

9. Clue

   The sobriquet for the four major human causes of accelerated extinction.

   Item

   Evil Quartet

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the one square on the grid whose term it describes.

Explanation