Biodiversity Flashcards
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Biodiversity
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The variety of life in the planet… or in a particular ecosystem
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Taxonomy (5-)
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- The classification systems of life, which also tells the story of life on the planet
- Each step gets more specific
- Behind every organism there is the total road of classification
- The variations are mainly due to genetically and physiologically differences
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Phylogenetic Tree of life
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Prokaryote Bacteria /archea/ eukaryotes
4
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Carl von Lineeé
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- Published Systema Naturea, which enlisted around 10,000 species
- Modern way of classifying species
5
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Domains
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Broader Category
6
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Kingdoms
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- Clearly indicates cellular organization and modes of nutrition
- Prokaryotes are separated
- Eukaryotes involve the 4 remaining kingdoms
7
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Animalia
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Eukaryotic multicellular ingest motile sexual
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Plantae
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Eukaryotic multicellular photosynthesize nonmotile sexual
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Fungi
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Don´t make photosynthesis Eukaryotic multicellular absorb nonmotile sexual
10
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Protists(2)
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Eukaryotic Unicellular or multicellular absorb ingest photosynthesize sexual and asexual
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Monera (1, prokaryotes)
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prokaryotic unicellular absorb and photosynthesize motile or nonmotile asexual
12
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Binary classification –ESPECIFIC
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- Formal classification for organisms
- Latin nomenclature
- Genus and species inside the genus
13
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Biotic interaction
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interactions among living organisms
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Abiotic interaction
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interactions among living organisms and their non-living environment
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Biotic examples
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Bears, seals, microorganisms, etc.
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Abiotic examples
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Temperature, pH,
water, light, salt
concentrations, etc.
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Food chain
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Simple feeding relationships between organisms.
» Linear energy flow
» Each organism feeding on and deriving energy
18
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Trophic level
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Each level of the food chain
