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BSC1005 Biodiversity
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BSC1005 Biodiversity
World Event taking place due to negative human impact on biodiversity - Going into the world's
6th mass extinction event. current extinction rates are between 10 and 100 times higher than those
estimated from the fossil record
Vast Number in species of life - There are between 1.5 and 2 million ...
BSC1005 Biodiversity Exam
World Event taking place due to negative human impact on biodiversity - Going into the world's
6th mass extinction event. current extinction rates are between 10 and 100 times higher than those
estimated from the fossil record
Vast Number in species of life - There are between 1.5 and 2 million named species of living things
on earth. Plants-300,000 Fungi-100,000 Bacteria and Protista-100,000 Vertebrates-50,000 Insects-
950,000
Ecosystem Services - Something such as oxygen, fresh water, or food that is provided by an
ecosystem by its species
Developmental Diversity - Differences in cells within the body
Genetic Biodiversity - Differences in genes
Geographical Biodiversity - Differences in life between geographical regions
Species - A population or group of populations of organisms that are very similar to one
another(share a recent evolutionary history)
Important components of species - The ability to interbreed
Lennean system of classification - Binomial names(two names)
Genus Species - ex. Homo sapiens(humans)... homo is the genus name and sapiens is the species
Species Richness - The number of species occurring in a particular area
, Species Diversity - combination of number of species and relative number of individuals of each
species
Diversity of species throughout the world - Species are NOT spread evenly throughout the world,
ex. tropical areas typically have more species than temperate ones
Ecosystems - Combination of both biotic and abiotic factors
Biodiversity - The variety of life, and can refer to: habitat, species and genetic diversity, etc..
Genomics - The new use of the comparative method
Genome - entire set of genetic material in a cell
Allele - particular version of a gene
Source of Genetic variation - individuals having different alleles
Human Impact on biodiversity - Is negative due to human interactions such as pollution,
agriculture, etc
Populational thinking - -Is a way of looking at the world. Views people, animals, bacteria,
cities,etc. as being parts of a population of similar things
-Individuals are being influenced by many factors so it can be hard to say the cause of something is
Typologically - assigns different things to categories
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