BIODIVERSITY AND CATEGORIES OF CLASSIFICATION

Question 1

biological diversity of living things

Answer 1

biodiversity

Question 2

specific measures of life variation

Answer 2

genetic diversity
species diversity
ecolsystem diversity

Question 3

most reliable/precise, explores the variation between individuals in a group or differences between different populations

Answer 3

genetic variation

Question 4

number of species in a specific ecosystem of the earth

Answer 4

species variation

Question 5

many forms of functional units are created by living organisms interacting with their environments

Answer 5

ecosystem diversity

Question 6

group of one or more populations of an organism seen to form a unit

Answer 6

taxon

Question 7

facets of a taxon

Answer 7

name of taxon
rank of taxon
content of taxon

Question 8

definitions of species

Answer 8

darwinian
morphological
phylogenetic species concept
genotype cluster species concept

Question 9

arbitrary given for sake of convenience, species = variety

Answer 9

darwinian

Question 10

clear morphological distinction = distinct species

Answer 10

morphological

Question 11

for prokaryotes, species as irreducible group and possess combination of defining traits

Answer 11

phylogenetic species

Question 12

species as “genotype cluster that can develop without fusing with its sibling”

Answer 12

genotypic cluster species concept