Across
- 1. Term for the illegal killing of species
- 3. Acronym for the original 1973 act designed to identify and protect endangered species in the US and abroad; fines as high as $100,000 and 1 year in prison
- 5. Acronym used to summarize the most important direct causes of extinction due to human activities
- 9. People who search ecosystems to find plants and animals that can be used to make medical drugs
- 12. Tourism directed toward exotic, natural environments to observe wildlife
- 13. Formation of two species from one in response to changes in environmental conditions
- 16. Loss of this is the greatest threat to wild species
- 18. When a large, intact area of habitat is divided
- 21. Type of breeding where animals reproduce within man made enclosures
- 22. Name of the island where the first U.S. federal wildlife refuge was established
Down
- 1. Chemical designed to kill or inhibit the growth of an organism
- 2. Species has so few survivors that they could soon become extinct
- 4. Species that has enough individuals to survive but declining in numbers
- 6. Number of species that go extinct in a given time period
- 7. Extinction of many species in a relatively short period of time
- 8. Acronym of a 1975 treaty which banned activities that threaten endangered animals
- 10. The act of collecting wild eggs of endangered species and hatching them in zoos and research centers
- 11. This type of hunting has skyrocketed in order to provide various exotic meats to restaurants
- 14. When a species can no longer be found anywhere
- 15. Chemical from pesticides that unintentionally gave birds the inability to reproduce
- 17. Certain characteristics which make species prone to extinction
- 19. Place where genetic information and endangered plant species are stored
- 20. Species that are introduced into an ecosystem and overtake native species