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APES Biodiversity And Evolution Correct Answers !!
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APES Biodiversity And Evolution Correct Answers !!
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Q&AAPES: Biodiversity And Evolution
Correct Answers !!
biodiversity and evolution - Answers -
biodiversity - Answers the variety of the earths species, the genes
they contain, the ecosystems in which they live & the ecosystem processes
of energy flow & nutrient cycling
species - Answers a group of individuals that can mate & produce
fertile offspring, 2 million identified, 8-10 million species
major components of the earth's biodiv. - Answers species diversity,
genetic diversity, ecological diversity, functional diversity
species diversity - Answers number of different species in the
biosphere
genetic diversity - Answers sum total of all the different forms of
genetic information carried by all organisms living on Earth today
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ecological diversity - Answers The variety of forests, deserts,
grasslands, oceans, streams, lakes, and other biological communities
interacting with one another and with their nonliving environment
functional diversity - Answers biological and chemical processes or
functions such as energy flow and matter cycling needed for the survival of
species and biological communities
Charles Darwin - Answers English natural scientist who formulated a
theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Alfred Russel Wallace - Answers English naturalist who formulated a
concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
species richness - Answers the number of different species in a
community
species evenness - Answers the relative abundance of each species
phylogenetic trees - Answers a branching diagram that represents a
hypothesis about the evolutionary history of a group of organisms
microevolution - Answers evolution resulting from small specific
genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies
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