Biodiversity

Question 1

What’s biodiversity?

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The variety of life in the world. Used to measure the health of ecosystems.

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What is a species?

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A group that can freely breed under natural conditions.

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Hybridization:

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Crossbreeding of two different species

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Morphology:

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Physical appearance and characteristics of an organism

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Variation:

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Differences among individuals in a species, often due to unique gene combinations, contributing to genetic diversity

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Evolutionary change:

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Populations grow or change over long periods of time

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Genetic diversity:

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All the different forms of genes in a species, helps species survive

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Ecosystem diversity:

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Includes both heterotrophs and autotrophs

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Heterotrophs:

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Organism that eats others for energy

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Autotrophs:

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Organisms that produce their own food from natural elements

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Ecosystem:

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Made of species and their environment

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Species diversity:

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means having different types of plants, animals, and other living things in an ecosystem. It helps the ecosystem survive changes in the environment.

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Ecosystem diversity:

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means having different places where plants, animals, and other living things live. More variety makes the ecosystem healthier.

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Human impact:

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High biodiversity helps ecosystems stay strong, and important species like honeybees are key to their survival.

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Biodiversity loss:

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Threatens food supply, eliminates natural medicines, disrupts ecosystems, and affects tourism and forestry

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Taxonomy:

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The science of classifying organisms
( created by Carolus Linnaeus)

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How organisms are classified:

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Based on observable characteristics such as morphology, behaviour, and geographic location

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What scientific name is a species given:

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Binomial nomenclature
Genus is capitalized, followed by the species name

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Organism that look the same are grouped into:

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Levels or ranks

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What is each level called:

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Taxon

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Classification hierarchy

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Kingdom—phylum—class—order—family—genus—species

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Prokaryotes

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Unicellular organisms with no membrane bound organelles

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Eukaryotes

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Unicellular and multicellular organisms with organelles with membranes around the organelles

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6 kingdoms, these include:

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Animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, protist

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Carl worse further grouped kingdoms into 3 distinct groups called

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Domain

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The domain eubacteria contains only

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Kingdom of eubacteria

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The domain archaea contains only the

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Kingdom archaea

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The domain eukarya contains

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Plants, animals, Protista and fungi