Random Words I Should Know Flashcards

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Variety of life on the number of species in an area

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Biodiversity

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Variety of jeans or inheritable characteristics in a population

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Genetic biodiversity 

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3
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How many different species are present

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Species richness

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4
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The relative amount of each species

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Species evenness

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5
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The number of ecosystems present in the biosphere

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Ecosystem biodiversity 

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6
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Overuse of species of high economic value

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Over exploitation

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7
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The separation of an ecosystem into small pieces

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Habitat, fragmentation

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Different environmental conditions at the edges or boundaries of an ecosystem

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Edge effects

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Toxins increase in concentration in organisms as it is transferred up trophic levels

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Biological magnification

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10
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No need to species introduce to another environment

Not balanced by predators or predators from native environment, 

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Introduced species

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