Vocabulary
Communities of biotic and abiotic factors in an area
What is an ecosystem?
Humans are part of this kingdom
What is Kingdom Animalia
The number of different species in an ecosystem
What is species diversity?
This may happen to specie(s) when biodiversity is lost
What is extinction?
The species of King Julien from Madagascar
What is a Lemur?
The variety of living things on Earth
What is biodiversity?
The taxonomic group that contains land plants
What is Kingdom Plantae?
A collection of ecosystems with similar climate and species
What is a biome?
This occurs to biodiversity as we move closer to the tropics
What is increase?
The type of relationship where one organisms feeds off the other organism, relying on it for nutrients
What is a parasitic relationship?
Sum of all living things on Earth
What is biosphere?
The mold on your bread is part of this kingdom
What is Kingdom Fungi?
A type of species native to a specific region and found nowhere else on Earth
What is an endemic species?
Greater biodiversity provides greater guarantees that some ecosystems will function even if other fail
What is the Insurance Hypothesis?
The type of growth depicted in a J-shaped graph
What is exponential growth?
The variety of ecosystems in a given area
What is ecosystem diversity?
The kingdom that algae is a part of
What is Kingdom Protista
A biologically rich region with high biodiversity that is under serious threat from human actions
What is a biodiversity hotspot?
What is an invasive species?
Biological magnification, acid rain, and eutrophication are all caused by this.
What is pollution?
The variety of genes, or forms of genetic information, that exist in a population of species.
What is genetic diversity?
The other two Domains, besides Domain Eukarya
What is Domain Bacteria & Domain Archaea?
Benefits that ecosystems provide to society
What are ecosystem services?
The teosinte plant providing pest resistant genes to corn is a direct value of this type of biodiversity
This is said to be complete when the birth rate falls to meet the death rate and the population stops growing
What is demographic transition?