extinction

Question 1

WHAT IS EXTINCTION?

Answer 1

permanent loss of biodiversity

Question 2

WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?

Answer 2

variety of all living things

Question 3

WHAT IS GENETIC DIVERSITY?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

WHAT IS SPECIES DIVERSITY?

Answer 4

measure of the number of different species in a specific area

Question 5

WHAT IS ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

WHAT IS SPECIES RICHNESS?

Answer 6

number of different kind of species in a particular area

Question 7

WHAT IS SPECIES ABUNDANCE?

Answer 7

number of individual members within a particular species

Question 8

WHAT IS SPECIES EVENNESS?

Answer 8

description of the distribution of abundance across the species in a community

Question 9

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY IN ECOLOGICAL?

Answer 9

environment provides different ecological services and each species plays a specific role in the environment and depend on each other for survival

Question 10

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY IN ECONOMIC?

Answer 10

environment provides the basic necessities such as food raw materials shelter and clothing

Question 11

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY IN MORAL AND ETHICAL?

Answer 11

all forms of life deserve equal treatment and have the right to exist on the planet as much as what human beings deserve

Question 12

WHAT IS MASS EXTINCTION?

Answer 12

any circumstance that results in the loss of a significant portion of Earth’s Iving species across a wide geographic area within a relatively short period of geologic time