Vocabulary
This is the variety of living things in a given area
What is Biodiversity?
All members of one species living in the same area.
What is population?
The number and variety of species in an area.
What is Species Biodiversity?
The gradual change of a biological community over time.
What is Succession?
Using resources in a way that does not harm future generations.
What is Sustainability?
This type of diversity refers to differences in DNA among members of the same species.
What is genetic diversity?
Different species living together in the same area.
What is Community?
The variety of ecosystems in a region.
What is Ecosystem Biodiversity?
Pioneer species are found at the beginning or end of succession?
What is Beginning?
Areas with extremely high biodiversity that are often threatened by human activity.
What is Biodiversity hotspots?
A species that no longer has any living individuals.
What is extinct?
All the living and nonliving factors in an area.
Biodiversity helps ecosystems remain this way over time.
What is Stable/ Balanced?
Name one example of a pioneer species.
What are Lichen, Mosses, Bacteria, and Fast-Growing Plants?
Biodiversity is usually highest near this location on Earth.
What is Equator?
The first hardy organisms to grow in a damaged or newly formed environment.
What is Pioneer Species?
A large geographic region defined by climate, plants, and animals
What is Biome?
The gradual process in which species composition changes over time.
What is Succession?
Biodiversity decreases when this happens to a species.
What is Extinction?
Ecosystems with high biodiversity are generally more or less resilient to change?
The ability of ecosystems to remain balanced and productive over time.
What is Sustainability?
Plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria are examples of this type of factor.
What is Biotic Factor?
Small areas with unique environmental conditions within a larger ecosystem.
What is Microhabitats?
Ecosystems with many species are generally more or less stable?
What is more stable?
An example of a biome with low biodiversity.
What is Desert/ Tundra/ the Poles?