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Biology, Biodiverse
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cells | Living things are composed of |
| Genetic Information | Contains DNA and RNA that determine traits |
| Energy | Living things use ____ |
| Respond | Living things ____ to their environment |
| Reproduce | Living things (Offspring) |
| Homeostasis | Living things maintain |
| Adapt | Living things ____ to their environment |
| Grow | Living things ____(Height) |
| Develop | Living things ____ (Change) |
| Move | Living things ____ (Traverse) |
| Richness | total number of species within an area |
| Genetic diversity | The total variety of genes/DNA within a single species |
| Abundance | The number of individuals per species |
| Evenness | how close in numbers each species in an environment is |
| Species | a group of organisms |
| Population | a group of organisms of one species |
| Community | an interacting group of various species in a common location |
| Ecosystem | a system that includes all organisms in an area as well as its physical environment |
| All living organisms | What are all biotic factors in an ecosystem? |
| Physical environment | What are all abiotic factors in an ecosystem? |
| Archaebacteria, Eubacteria | What are the prokaryotic kingdoms? |
| Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia | What are the eukaryotic kingdoms? |
| # of individuals in group/total # of individuals in all groups * 100 | Equation for relative abundance |
| # of species/# of organisms | Equation for biodiversity index |