Bimestre 2 Flashcards

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Biodiversity

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Variety of living species on Earth.

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2
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More diversity

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Calor y agua, ideal environment.

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3
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Hotspots

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Áreas with expremely high levels of biodiversity (endemic.
+México
+Brasil
+South África
South usa
Madagascar

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4
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Biodiveristy in danger?

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Yes, by human activities
+ pollution
+climate change
+ population growth
50 % OS SPECIES WIPED OUT BY NEXT CENTURY

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5
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Enemies of biodiverisy

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HUMANS: greedy fucks

MONOCULTURE: one specie grow in a different environment and endangers everything

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6
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NATURAL SELECTION IDEA

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Charles darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace

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7
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Natural selection meaning

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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

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Adaptation

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Physical and behavioural characteristics that helps survive

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9
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“Survival of the fittest”

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The one that is best adapted
(On average, not always)

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10
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Lamarckism theory

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Animals aquire chacarcteristics based on use and disuse during lives, rather than genetic genes.

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11
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Artificial Selection

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Identification by HUMANS of desirable traits and steps to enhace those traits.
allows faster changes.

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12
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Biosphere

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All ecosystems on earth. All interactions. EARTH.

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13
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Ecosystem

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Interactions between abiotic and biotic factors.
(Human and cat in the sun)

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14
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Community

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Diferent populations that live together. (Human and cat)

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15
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Population

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Set of organisms of same species.
(Lots of humans)

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16
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Population density

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Number of individuals same specie per unit of área of volume

17
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Geogrraphic distribution

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Área where population lives.