BIODIVERSITY

Question 1

variety of living things, number of kinds

Answer 1

biodiversity

Question 2

different habitats, niches, species interactions

Answer 2

ecological diversity

Question 3

different kinds of organisms

Answer 3

species diversity

Question 4

different genes and combination of genes

Answer 4

genetic diversity

Question 5

where is biodiversity located?

Answer 5

everywhere, mostly concentrated on the tropics

Question 6

how much biodiversity?

Answer 6

1.7 to 2.0 million and estimated to 100 million

Question 7

benefits of biodiversity

Answer 7

ecosystem functions
ecosystem services
aesthetic and cultural benefits
new food sources
medicine

Question 7

buriti palm

Answer 7

tree of life; palm heart from shoots

Question 8

maca (lepidium meyini)

Answer 8

cold resistant root vegatable resembling radish

Question 9

tree tomato

Answer 9

elongated fruit with sweet taste

Question 10

babirusa

Answer 10

a deep forest-pig: high on cellulose and less dependent on grain

Question 11

capybara

Answer 11

world’s largest redent

Question 12

vicuna

Answer 12

valuable source of meat, fur, and hides

Question 13

chachalacas

Answer 13

birds, typically tropical chickens who thrive in dense populations

Question 14

sand grouse

Answer 14

pigeon-like birds adapted to harshest desert

Question 15

pineapple (bromelain)

Answer 15

controls tissue inflammation

Question 16

autumn crocus (colchicine)

Answer 16

anticancer agent

Question 17

yellow cinchona

Answer 17

antimalarial

Question 18

common thyme (thymol)

Answer 18

cures fungal infection

Question 19

pacific yew (taxus brevifolia)

Answer 19

anticancer (ovarian)

Question 20

velvet bean

Answer 20

parkinson’s disease suppressant

Question 21

common foxglove

Answer 21

cardiac: stimulant

Question 22

study of the relationships between all organisms and their environment

Answer 22

ecology

Question 23

self-sustaining collection of organisms and their environment

Answer 23

ecosystem

Question 24

largest ecosystem of all

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biosphere

Question 25

species

Answer 25

the sheer variety of spaces on earth

Question 26

community

Answer 26

organisms that live in a particular place

Question 27

physical location of the community

Answer 27

habitat

Question 28

nonliving components of the ecosystem are called

Answer 28

abiotic factors (sunlight, slope of land, and temperature)

Question 29

living components of the ecosystem are called

Answer 29

biotic factors (plants, animals, and bacterias)

Question 30

species that are important to functioning of an ecosystem that if they disappear, the ecosystem will fall apart

Answer 30

keytone species

Question 31

refers to the main threats to biodiversity

Answer 31

HIPPODILEMMA

Question 32

not native to a particular region, can threaten native species

Answer 32

nonnative species

Question 33

when does extinction occurs?

Answer 33

when the last species dies