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Biodiversity

This category is for questions about biodiversity, or species diversity, which is composed of genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity.

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What are decaying organisms in the soil?

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All living things use reduction reactions in some form, even plants whose main contribution to the food chain is the formation of simple carbohydrates. When sunlight is not available for photosynthesis, plants metabolize (oxidize) these products for energy.

Why India called the mega diversity nation of the world?

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India falls on tropical & subtropical zone where rainfall, sunlight & temperature is optimum.

What is the impact of industrialization on biodiversity?

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clearing of land for construction of huge building effect the small habitat's, in different ways. such as lose of food, shelter mention but few.

On what basis are organisms generally classified?

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The underlying basis of taxonomic groupings of organisms is the similarities of their anatomical, behavioral, cellular, and biochemical characteristics. Ideally, taxonomic groupings reflect shared ancestry.

Biodiversity is affected by?

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area,climate, and niche diversity

What are the major causes of biodiversity loss and their impact on environment?

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Always remember the acronym C.H.I.P.O

  • Climate change
  • Habitat destruction
  • Invasive Species
  • Pollution
  • Over exploitation
Use the acronym HIPPO. H- Habit alteration. I- Invasive species. P- Pollution. P- Population growth. O- Over-exploitation

The main causes of loss of biodiversity are:

  1. Increase in population
  2. Industrialization and urbanization.
  3. Overgrazing
  4. Pollution of air, water and soil
  5. Habitat destruction
  6. Hunting and killing of animals

Which are the two biomes with the most biodiversity?

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The Main Water Biome & the Tropical Rain Forest have the greatest biodiversity, Rain Forest being the greatest. All this means is that these two biomes have a great amount of plant and animal species.

What is the biodiversity in the tundra?

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Because of its permafrost, the plants in the tundra are very small. These include grass, mosses, and small shrubs and trees. The animals in the tundra includes artic fox, and polar bears.

What does Biodeversity mean?

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  • Biodiversity is a measure of the health of a ecosystem. :D
  • Also can be a degree of variation of live forms within a given species. :D

What is the difference between a theory and a model?

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a model is different than a theory a model is an actually picture or structure of something a theory is what people might think about something

What is the 28 day cycle?

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first week, no period. seven days.

second week, no period. seven days.

third week, no period. seven days.

fourth week, period. seven days.

it can vary...

Three factors that affect how succession occurs?

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Temperature

Dissoved Oxygen

pH level

What are the disadvantages for not having a backbone?

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you will probably find yourself in a wheelchair for the rest of your life eating oat meal and depressed

Which country is rich in biodiversity?

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Africa is not a country. The identified Megadiverse countries are: United States of America, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Madagascar, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, and Australia.

Why is biodiversity important to people?

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Humans need food to survive without biodiversity all most foods might not be available.

Increased by biodiversity equals a stable environment.

Includes with, human health, medicines, food, finding infections in the body, and shelter pro productions.

What will happen if biodiversity lost?

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If biodiversity is lost no just animals will be affected but even us. This is lost is like setting a wave of imbalance through our ecosystem. There fore increase or decrease the population of other animals or plants

Why should we save biodiversity?

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You need to protect bioversity because if you don't then animlas will not have as many fiid to eat from the 5 kingdom, Fungi, animals, Plants, Monera, Protoctista. Many animlas relie on these kingdoms to survie and by keeping these safe then animlas and farmers will have no problem growing there crops or just eating food. Some of these choses that farmers make by killing animlas just for eating there crops arev not faitr because not just you , a farmer needs to eat but a animal, a mammal needs to too.Now that is why we should protect biodiversity.

What does the tundra and savanna have in common?

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a) they are both hot and dry

b) they are both cold and wet

c) they both have trees that lose their leaves in the fall

d) neither of them has trees

one of them is your answer.

What parts of the earth has the greatest biodiversity?

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tropical rainforest