7U4L1 Biodiversity Vocabulary

Biodiversity - the variety of living things in a given place

DNA - the material that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function

Ecological Biodiversity - the variety of ways that species interact with each other and their environment

ecosystem - All of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

environment - the setting or habitat in which organisms live

Genetic Biodiversity - the variation of genes that exist within a species

population - All members of one species in a particular area that interact with one another

species - A group of individuals that have common characteristics and can breed with each other

Species Biodiversity - the number of different species and the abundance of each species that live in a particular area

Sustainability - the use of resources in such a way that they will continue to be available in the future