Biodiversity and Classification

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

The variety of living organisms in a certain region

Question 2

Genetic Diversity

Answer 2

The genes that every individual gets from their parents and passes on to offspring

Question 3

Ecosystem Diversity

Answer 3

The number of different ecosystems in an area

Question 4

A Keystone Species

Answer 4

A species that plays a large role in they way an ecosystem works
eg. Protea

Question 4

Indigenous

Answer 4

A species that occurs naturally in a certain area

Question 5

Endemic

Answer 5

Indigenous species found only in one area and nowhere else in the world
endemic is endiginous

Question 6

Biodiversity Hotspots

Answer 6

Areas in the world that are rich in biodiversity but are unique and threatened

Question 6

3 Examples of biodiversity Hotspots in South Africa

Answer 6

Cape floristic region
Succulent karoo
Maputa- Pondoland- Albany

Question 7

Classification

Answer 7

The sorting or grouping of organisms
(taxonomy)

Question 8

5 Kingdom system

Answer 8

monera
protists
fungi
plants
animals

Question 9

Why use a dinomial system

Answer 9

To avoid confusion, Linnaeus suggested the binomial system.

First name is the genus and the second is the species

Question 9

Prokaryotes

Answer 9

before nucleus
no clear nucleus= no organelles

Question 9

Eukaryotes

Answer 9

formed nucleus
cells have nucleus enclosed within a nuclear membrane