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The four subsystems that make up planet Earth are known as the

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spheres

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bio means?

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life

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diversity means?

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different life on earth

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four subsystem

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geosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
atmosphere

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mineral and rocks

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geosphere

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gas that surrounded the earth

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atmosphere

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living creatures on the planet

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biosphere

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ocean,river,lake

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hydrosphere

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variety of plants and animals

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biodiversity

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maintaining the balance so that no one thing can become too powerful

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biodiversity

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ecosystem roles

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producers
consumers
decomposers

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key to life on earth,can capture energy for use in living system

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producers

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herbivores,carnivores,omnivorse

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consumers

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are the roles on organisms can occupy

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producers, consumers,decomposers

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are the basic things to
survive for all living things:

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air, water, food, shelter,
ability to respond

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15
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how many energy is lost through
each connection in a food
web due to heat and
waste loss in organisms

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90%

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means ecological systems or interacting
inter-dependent self sufficient group of
communities including their abiotic environment

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ecosystem

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physical factors in the
environment, these are non-living

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abiotic factors

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include the plants, animals and all
the interacting organisms in an ecosystem

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biotic factors

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COMPONENTS OF BIODIVERSITY

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ecosystem diversity
genetics diversity
species diversity
functional diversity

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The measure of the number of
different kinds of ecosystems in an
area.

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ecosystem diversity

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The sum total of genetic
information contained in the genes
of organisms .

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genetic diversity

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The measure of the number
different species in an area.

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species diversity

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23
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The variety of important biological
and chemical processes occuring
in ecosystems .

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functional diversity

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refers to variety of life forms and the
number of each species present in a biological community

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species diversity

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refers to the total variety of genes or
inheritable characteristics present in a population of
organisms.

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genetic diversity

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number of different kinds of species
in a particular area

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species richness

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is a set of inviduals that have the same distinct
characteristics and are able to mate and produce fertile
offspring.

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species

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refers to the variety of ecosystems
in biosphere. Climate and amount of sunlight help
organisms to adapt to a particular habitat.

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ecosystem diversity

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refers to the biological and
chemical processes that includes energy flow,biogeochemical or nutrient cycles, and interactions of organisms, which are important for the survival of species, populations, communities and the entire
ecosystems.

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functional diversity

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types of interaction

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competition
predation
symbiosis (commensalism,mutualism,parasitism)

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Organism of different species
that live near one another
strive to obtain the same
limited resources

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competition

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An organism of one
species kills and eats an
organism of another

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predation

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Two or more organisms of
different species live together in
close association over a
prolonged time

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symbiosis

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One species benefits and
the other species neither
benefits nor harmed

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commensalism

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Both particular species benefit

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mutualism

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One species benefits but the other is
harmed

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parasitism

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survival of living things

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population
organism
ecology
community

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Is a group of interactive organism
of the same species that live in a
particular area.

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population

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Is a sub-branched of Biology that deals with
the study of the interaction of living
organisms (biotic) to its environment
(abiotic).

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ecology

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Is an individual form of life that is capable of growing and reproducing, and have one or more cells.

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organism

39
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The various populations of
different species interacting with
one another in area.

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community

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is a collection of creatures of
the same type.

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population

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provide food

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economic value

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struggle between organisms

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competition

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It’s a living being’s tendency
to adapt

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natural section

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value of biodiversity

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ecological value
moral and ethical value
economic value

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depend on each other for survival

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ecological value

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total disappearance

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extinction

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gradual process of becoming extinct.

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background extinction

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when a certain population of
organisms cease to exist in a geographic area

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local extinction

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species that are risk of extinction

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endangered species

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could become endangered

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threatened species

48
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Extinction of the dinosaurs

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Cretaceous-Tertiary Period Mass Extinction

49
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Half of all the species including large amphibians
become extinct.

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Triassic-Jurassic Period Mass Extinction

50
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Also known as the Great Dying

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Permian Period Mass Extinction

51
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Three quarter of all species on Earth died.

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devonian period mass extinction

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Third largest extinction in Earth’s history

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Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction

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FACTORS THAT THREATEN

BIODIVERSITY

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natural factors
human factors

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