BIODIVERSITY +++ Flashcards
How all living things are related to each other
Biodiversity
A system device use to classify organisms in the natural world
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is by swedish scientist
Carl Linnaeus
It is a system commonly used today and shows diverse and similarity of traits
Taxonomy
International year of biodiversity
2010
How many species are identified and how many is the actual number
1.75 million
13 million
Uses biological Systems, Living organisms or derivatives to make/modify products.
Biotechnology
is a technique that allows genes and DNA to be transferred from one source to another.
Genetic engineering
is a plant, animal, or organism whose genetic makeup has been modified
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
a method used in GMO also known as (Gene Splicing)
Recombinant DNA methods
also known for GMOs
Transgenic Organisms
An international agreement which aims to ensure the use of living modified organisms. (protocol on Biosafety)
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL
Philippines is one of the ____ in the world
Biodiversity hotspots
A crop that falls short on lifesaving promises
Genetically Modified Golden Rice
The term “nano” refers to a unit meaning __
one billionth or ten raised to negative 9
It measures the Catalysts, Minerals, and other Particles
Nano Scale
A single strand of DNA is equivalent to
3 nanometers wide
Deals with materials that are very small using specialized microscopes
Nanoscience
Refers to the manipulation matter on an atomic or subatomic scale
Nanotechnology
is one example of a scientific and technological innovation that made a breakthrough in the area of human health.
Medicine
Pain of various forms could be relieved and softened by this medicine
Aspirin
A therapy in PH known to be “cure all” remedy
Stem Cell Theraphy
The aspirin was already an old technology at the beginning of the
21st Century
refers to the long-term weather patterns prevailing over a given area of the planet
Climate
greek word of Climate meaning “to slope” that evolved into klima
Klinien
A contemporary scientists critiqued his work, saying that the effects of the change in the radius of the Earth’s orbit
Milutin Milankovitch
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
Milankovitch parameters
Refers to how certain gases in the atmosphere trap the heat of the sun
Greenhouse effect
It is the conversion of an agrarian economy into an industrialized one on a large scale. It is concerning if become widespread
Industrialization
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.
kapoy
A scientist credited for devising the classification of organisms.
Carl Linnaeus
Other name for Genetic Engineering
Genetic Modification
Genetically Modified Orgnisms are also known as
Transgenic Organisms
This refers to the manipulation of matter on atomic or subatomic scale
Nanotechnology
It is the change of the orientation of the Earth’s Rotational Axis
Axial Precession
This refers to a curve that plots the continuous measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii
The Keeling Curve
Name of an international agreement that aims to ensure the safe handling, transport, and use of LMOs
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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
“Law and Policy of relevance to the management of plant genetic resources”
Refers to the point in the orbit of the Earth Farthest from the sun
Aphelion
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
Equinox
closest to the sun
Perihelion
Is the inclination of angle of the Earth’s rotational axis in relation to line perpendicular to its orbital plane
Earth’s Axial Tilt
happens when the sun at noon sits above the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn
Solstice
