Chapter 4&9 Biodiversity Flashcards
Eats plants
Herbivore
The sum total of all the variety of life on earth
Biodiversity
Eats meat
Carnivore
Eats plants and animals
Omnivore
Primary consumer
At the bottom of the tropic level eats plants
Secondary consumer
Second level. Eats 1st level
Tertiary consumer
Top level, eats the last level
Total number of different species that live in an area
Species diversity
All earth is based on DNA, genetic info allows life on earth through genetic changes
Genetic diversity
The variety of forests, grasslands, mountains, etc, that make up the earths bioms
Ecosystem diversity
Each ecosystem (&the species in it) complete different services for the earth that we cant duplicate. (A beaver dam)
Functional diversity