Biodiversity & Classification

Question 1

Abiotic factors

Answer 1

a non living factor within an ecosystem, such as physical landscape or weather

Question 2

Amino acid

Answer 2

a nitrogen-containing compound that is the building block of proteins

Question 3

Asymmetrical

Answer 3

having no definite symmetry

Question 4

Aquatic

Answer 4

relating to water, fresh or salt

Question 5

bilaterally symmetrical

Answer 5

having left and right halves of body that are mirror images

Question 6

Bacteria

Answer 6

microscopic unicellular organisms that are prokaryotic, they do not have nuclear membrane or membrane-bound organelles

Question 7

binomial name

Answer 7

scientific two-part name: Genus species

Question 8

binomial system

Answer 8

a system of naming organisms into two parts: a genus name and species name

Question 9

biodiversity

Answer 9

the variety of all living things that inhabit the biosphere - where all living things exists

Question 10

biodiversity hotspot

Answer 10

an area with numerous endemic species and a large number of threatened and endangered species; must contain 1500 species of endemic vascular plants and have lost 70% of its primary native vegetation