Random Words I Should Know Flashcards
Variety of life on the number of species in an area
Biodiversity
Variety of jeans or inheritable characteristics in a population
Genetic biodiversity 
How many different species are present
Species richness
The relative amount of each species
Species evenness
The number of ecosystems present in the biosphere
Ecosystem biodiversity 
Overuse of species of high economic value
Over exploitation
The separation of an ecosystem into small pieces
Habitat, fragmentation
Different environmental conditions at the edges or boundaries of an ecosystem
Edge effects
Toxins increase in concentration in organisms as it is transferred up trophic levels
Biological magnification
No need to species introduce to another environment
Not balanced by predators or predators from native environment, 
Introduced species