Biodiversity definitions
Change over time
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Straight up Vocab
General Biodiversity
100
What is the term for when the last member of a species dies?
Extinction
100
Change over time in a species is called
What is evolution?
100
Species found only in a specific geographic area are this.
What is an endemic species?
100
The specific environment where an organism lives
Habitat
100
An example of the economic value of Biodiversity
What is lumber-jacking, fishing and hunting
200
What is the variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area?
Biodiversity
200
An inherited trait that can help an organism survive (be most fit)
Adaptation
200
What do we call the offspring of two different species, like this Liger or the Tigon?
A Hybrid
200
An area characterized by a distinct climate and where certain species are able to survive (like the Tundra or Ocean)
Biome
200
The Three main groups of Biodiversity
What are Genetic, Species and Ecosystem Biodiversity
300
An organism's ROLE in the ecosystem
Niche
300
The record that has given scientists the opportunity to look into the past, see the remains of living things that were here before us.
Fossil Record
300
When scientists alter the genetic makeup of an organism by only selecting certain traits, we call that:
Artificial Selection
300
The variety of genes within a given species
genetic diversity
300
A ladybug with a distinct color with that species represents this type of biodiversity.
What is genetic diversity?
400
This is a name for the variety of ecosystems present in the biosphere.
What is Ecosystem biodiversity?
400
The mechanism for evolution that isolates species due to behavior, habitat, geography, etc...and leads to new or changed genetic traits in that species (so it might be the same species but genetically different like domestic dogs and cats)
Speciation
400
A species that can give us clues about the health of an ecosystem (like the frogs), we call them a _____________ species.
Indicator
400
A species that is important to the ecosystem and health of the food web in an ecosystem.
Keystone species
400
Finding different animals in Alaska as compared to animals in Washington state would be an example of this type of biodiversity.
What is Ecosystem biodiversity?
500
A species that occupies a NARROW niche is called...
A specialists species
500
What caused the color changes in both the Peppered Moth and Rock Pocket Mouse populations?
Mutations in DNA
500
The idea that if an ecosystem has diversity it will be more stable and help to ensure the health of the ecosystem in the future is called the ______________________ hypothesis
Insurance
500
Separation of a species or population that prevents them from breeding (mating) or producing fertile offspring
reproductive isolation
500
This has a direct economic value to humans.
What is maintaining biodiversity?