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BIODIVERSITY +++ Flashcards

1
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How all living things are related to each other

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Biodiversity

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A system device use to classify organisms in the natural world

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Taxonomy

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3
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Taxonomy is by swedish scientist

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Carl Linnaeus

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It is a system commonly used today and shows diverse and similarity of traits

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Taxonomy

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5
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International year of biodiversity

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2010

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6
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How many species are identified and how many is the actual number

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1.75 million
13 million

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Uses biological Systems, Living organisms or derivatives to make/modify products.

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Biotechnology

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is a technique that allows genes and DNA to be transferred from one source to another.

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Genetic engineering

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is a plant, animal, or organism whose genetic makeup has been modified

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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

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a method used in GMO also known as (Gene Splicing)

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Recombinant DNA methods

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also known for GMOs

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Transgenic Organisms

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12
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An international agreement which aims to ensure the use of living modified organisms. (protocol on Biosafety)

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CARTAGENA PROTOCOL

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13
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Philippines is one of the ____ in the world

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Biodiversity hotspots

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14
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A crop that falls short on lifesaving promises

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Genetically Modified Golden Rice

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15
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The term “nano” refers to a unit meaning __

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one billionth or ten raised to negative 9

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16
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It measures the Catalysts, Minerals, and other Particles

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Nano Scale

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17
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A single strand of DNA is equivalent to

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3 nanometers wide

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18
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Deals with materials that are very small using specialized microscopes

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Nanoscience

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Refers to the manipulation matter on an atomic or subatomic scale

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Nanotechnology

20
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is one example of a scientific and technological innovation that made a breakthrough in the area of human health.

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Medicine

21
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Pain of various forms could be relieved and softened by this medicine

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Aspirin

22
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A therapy in PH known to be “cure all” remedy

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Stem Cell Theraphy

23
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The aspirin was already an old technology at the beginning of the

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21st Century

24
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refers to the long-term weather patterns prevailing over a given area of the planet

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Climate

25
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greek word of Climate meaning “to slope” that evolved into klima

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Klinien

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A contemporary scientists critiqued his work, saying that the effects of the change in the radius of the Earth’s orbit

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Milutin Milankovitch

27
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The change in the tilt of the spin of the Earth, and the wobble in the spin axis now called the. It is part of the cause of climate change

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Milankovitch parameters

28
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Refers to how certain gases in the atmosphere trap the heat of the sun

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Greenhouse effect

29
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It is the conversion of an agrarian economy into an industrialized one on a large scale. It is concerning if become widespread

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Industrialization

30
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Science has given humanity a tool for modernization. It allows for the emergence of technology that spreads and applies knowledge for the attainment of the good life. It must be realized that science is more like a cookbook than a blueprint. It is open for experimentation, innovation, and refinement. So like any good chef, reading it requires a fine sense of taste.

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kapoy

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A scientist credited for devising the classification of organisms.

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Carl Linnaeus

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Other name for Genetic Engineering

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Genetic Modification

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Genetically Modified Orgnisms are also known as

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Transgenic Organisms

34
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This refers to the manipulation of matter on atomic or subatomic scale

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Nanotechnology

35
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It is the change of the orientation of the Earth’s Rotational Axis

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Axial Precession

36
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This refers to a curve that plots the continuous measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii

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The Keeling Curve

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Name of an international agreement that aims to ensure the safe handling, transport, and use of LMOs

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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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The Biodiversity International has released a module titled _ which aims to help professionals in managing, conserving, and using plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

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“Law and Policy of relevance to the management of plant genetic resources”

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Refers to the point in the orbit of the Earth Farthest from the sun

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Aphelion

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Refers to the time the sun at the moon is directly over the equator. It happens twice a year and causes an almost equal length of day and night

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Equinox

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closest to the sun

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Perihelion

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Is the inclination of angle of the Earth’s rotational axis in relation to line perpendicular to its orbital plane

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Earth’s Axial Tilt

43
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happens when the sun at noon sits above the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn

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Solstice

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