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Ch. 21 Conservation and Biodiversity Vocabulary Crossword

Across
_____ DIVERSITY- the variety of genes and alleles in a species or other taxonomic group or ecosystem; the term can refer to allelic diversity or genome-wide diversity
the disappearance of a species from Earth; local extinction is the disappearance of a species from a region
____ DIVERSITY- the variety of metabolic compounds in an ecosystem
HABITAT ____- the number of ecological niches
Down
_____ SPECIES- a species native to one place
_____ PLANT COMPOUND- a compound produced as a byproduct of plant metabolic processes that is typically toxic, but is sequestered by the plant to defend against herbivores
the variety of a biological system, typically conceived as the number of species, but also applying to genes, biochemistry, and ecosystems
____ SPECIES- (also, invasive species) a species that has been introduced to an ecosystem in which it did not evolve