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Biodiversity:)
All about biodiversity
Question | Answer |
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Biodiversity | having a number of different species in an area |
Factors that affect biodiversity in an ecosystem | area, climate, and diversity of niches |
Keystone species | a species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem |
Genes | the structures in an organism's cell that carry it's hereditary information |
Extinction | the disapearance from earth of all members of a species |
Endangered species | species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future |
Threatened species | a species that could become endangered in the near future |
Causes of extinction | natural events |
Leading cause of extinction | Habitat destruction |
Poaching | illegaly killing animals |
Captive breeding | the mating of animals in a safe captivity |