Bimestre 2 Flashcards
Biodiversity
Variety of living species on Earth.
More diversity
Calor y agua, ideal environment.
Hotspots
Áreas with expremely high levels of biodiversity (endemic.
+México
+Brasil
+South África
South usa
Madagascar
Biodiveristy in danger?
Yes, by human activities
+ pollution
+climate change
+ population growth
50 % OS SPECIES WIPED OUT BY NEXT CENTURY
Enemies of biodiverisy
HUMANS: greedy fucks
MONOCULTURE: one specie grow in a different environment and endangers everything
NATURAL SELECTION IDEA
Charles darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
Natural selection meaning
Mechanism la evolution.
Organism that are more adapted to environment will survive and pass the genes.
/genetic mutaciones beneficial to survive are passed through reproducción
Adaptation
Physical and behavioural characteristics that helps survive
“Survival of the fittest”
The one that is best adapted
(On average, not always)
Lamarckism theory
Animals aquire chacarcteristics based on use and disuse during lives, rather than genetic genes.
Artificial Selection
Identification by HUMANS of desirable traits and steps to enhace those traits.
allows faster changes.
Biosphere
All ecosystems on earth. All interactions. EARTH.
Ecosystem
Interactions between abiotic and biotic factors.
(Human and cat in the sun)
Community
Diferent populations that live together. (Human and cat)
Population
Set of organisms of same species.
(Lots of humans)
Population density
Number of individuals same specie per unit of área of volume
Geogrraphic distribution
Área where population lives.