SOLVED - Elaborated AP Environmental Science-Unit 2 V1-2023Biodiversity - Ans | > the number, variety, and variability of Earth's organisms that consists of three level of diversity
Species Diversity - Ans | > number of
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SOLVED - Elaborated AP Environmental Science-Unit 2 V1-2023Biodiversity - Ans | > the number, variety, and variability of Earth's organisms that consists of three level of diversity
Species Diversity - Ans | > number of different species (species richness) combined with the relative abundance of individuals within each of those species (species evenness)
Genetic Diversity - Ans | > variability in the genetic makeup among individuals within a single species and is vital to the sustainability of life on Earth
Ecosystem Diversity - Ans | > Earth's variety of deserts, lakes, oceans, forests, wetlands, coral reefs, etc.
Ecosystem Services - Ans | > important environmental benefits provided to people such as clean air and water and fertile soil
Extinction - Ans | > the elimination of a species from Earth
Endangered Species - Ans | > a species that faces threats that may cause it to become extinct within a short period of time
Threatened Species - Ans | > a species whose population has declined to the point that it may be at risk of extinction
Endemic - Ans | > species not found anywhere else
Genetic Resistance - Ans | > the ability of one or more organisms in a population to tolerate a chemical designed to kill it
(Ex: antibiotics and bacteria)
Habitat Fragmentation - Ans | > the breakup of large areas of habitat into small isolated patches and is a major threat to long-term survival of many species
Biodiversity Hotspot - Ans | > relatively small areas of land that contain an exceptional number of endemic species that are at high risk from human activities
Invasive Species - Ans | > foreign species that spread rapidly in a new area where they are free of predators, parasites, or resource limitation that may have controlled their populations in their native habitat
Biotic Pollution - Ans | > the introduction of a foreign species into an ecosystem in which it did not evolve; often upsets the balance and interferes with functioning in the ecosystem.
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