biodiversity

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what is biodiversity

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biological diversity

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variations among organisms and variability of genus, species, and ecosystem number of different organisms different life forms

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biodiversity

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different kinds of organisms

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species diversity

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genetic information that organisms contain

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genetic diversity

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different kinds of places where organisms live and the interconnections that bind these organisms together

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ecosystem diversity

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is the part of science that focuses on naming and classifying or grouping organisms

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taxonomy

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kingdoms of life

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plant kingdom
animal kingdom
protist kingdom
fungi kingdom
archaebacterial kingdom - monera
eubacteria kingdom - monera

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prokaryotic or eukaryotic

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cell type

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unicellular or multicellular

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cell number

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autotroph or heterotroph

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feeding type

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Greek scientist, (384-322 B.C.), was one of the first scientist to organize living things. He group organisms into plant and animal.

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aristotle

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German zoologist Ernst Haeckel (having dropped the mineral kingdom) proposed a third kingdom, the Protista, to embrace microorganisms. He also proposed kingdom Monera for the microorganisms.

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Ernst haeckel

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Proposed a fifth kingdom, the Kingdom Fungi

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robert whittaker

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Introduced the three-domain system that divides cellular life forms into archaea, bacteria, and eukarya domains.

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carl woese

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Introduced the three-domain system that divides cellular life forms into archaea, bacteria, and eukarya domains.

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carl woese

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• considered the ‘Father of Taxonomy’
• developed a way to name and organize species into hierarchical method.

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carolus von linnaeus

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animals without backbones

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invertebrates

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animals with backbones

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vertebrates

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pore-bearing animals

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porifera

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animals with stinging cells

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coelenterata / cnidaria

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animals with spines

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echinoderms

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soft bodied animals covered with shells

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mollusks

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animals with jointed legs

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arthropods

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with beaks and feathers

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birds

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creeper, with dry skin and scales

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reptiles

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with moist skin

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amphibians

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with hair and mammary glands

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mamals

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are plants without vascular tissues

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nanvascular plants or bryophytes

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plants that have vascular tissues

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vascular plants or tracheophytes

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non flowering

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gymnosperm

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*Mostly unicellular but some are multicellular. *Some are microscopic, some are macroscopic *Some are heterotroph, some are autotroph like algae *Mostly live in water but some live in moist soil or even in human body *All eukaryotic

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Protist Kingdom

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Animal-like Protists

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protozoa {heterotrophs}

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. Plant-like Protists

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algae {autotrophs}

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Fungus-like Protists

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heterotrophs and decomposers

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* All fungi are heterotroph * Saprophytes-get their nutrients from dead organic matter * Mutualists – live symbiotically * Fungi are stationary * They have root-like structures that they use for attachment

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Fungi Kingdom

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* Ancient bacteria * Live in very harsh environments * Extremophiles * Unicellular prokaryote without cell nucleus and any other membrane bound organelles

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ARCHAEBACTERIA

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* Unicellular * Can be found everywhere * prokaryotic organisms * lack nuclear membrane * contain single circular chromosome

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EUBACTERIA

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species define a group whose members share a certain characteristics that distinguish them from other species

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typological species concept

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considers species as a distinguished group of populations whose members are successfully and are reproductively isolated from the other groups to produce fertile offspring

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biological species concept

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defines species as a group of organisms with a shared, unique genetic history

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phylogenetic species concept

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relates to the number of species inhabiting a given area or habitat

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species richness

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measures how many individual organisms belong to each species. it refers to the similarity in numbers or equal abundance of species in a particular area

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species evenness

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refers to a dominant species distributed across a given area.

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species dominance