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SPECIES = SAME SPECIES IF THEY CAN PRODUCE FERTILE OFFSPRING

TAXONOMY = CLASIFICATION OF ORGANISMS INTO GROUPS

PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEM = HIERARCH SHOWING RELATED ORGANISMS IN TERMS OF EVOLUTION, EACH GROUP KNOW AS A TAXON

BINOMIAL SYSTEM = Genus species, DOMAIN, KINGOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES

COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR = NECESSARY PRECURSOR TO SUCCESSFUL MATING AS IT ATTRACTS MEMBERS OF THE SAME SPECIES, IS AN INDICATION OF FERTILITY AND ALLOWS FOR RECOGNITION OF THE OPPOSITE SEX

BIODIVERSITY = NUMBER AND VARIETY OF LIVING ORGANISMS. SPECIES, GENETIC AND ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY

COMMUNITY = ALL POPULATIONS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES IN AN AREA AT ONE TIME

SPECIES RICHNESS = NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SPECIES IN A COMMUNITY IN A PARTICULAR AREA AT A GIVEN TIME

INDEX OF DIVERSITY = RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF SPECIES AND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN A SPECIES IN A COMMUNITY, d = N(N-1) / SUM OF n(n-1), WHERE N IS TOTAL NO. ORGANISMS OF ALL SPECIES AND n IS TOTAL NO. ORGANISMS OF EACH SPECIES

EFFECT OF AGRICULTURE = REMOVAL OF HEDGEROWS AND OVERGRAZING REDUCES VARIETY OF HABITATS AND FOOD SOURCES DECREASING BIODIVERSITY, USE OF PESTICIDES AND INORGANIC FERTILISERS HAS INDIRECT EFFECT ON BIODIVERSITY

MANAGE BIODIVERSITY = PLANT HEDGEROWS RATHER THAN FENCES, USE ORGANIC FERTILISERS, USE CROP ROTATION INVOLVING NITROGEN FIXING CROPS TO IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY

INVESTIGATING BIODIVERSITY = COMPARING OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS, COMPARING DNA BASE SEQUENCES, COMPARING mRNA BASE SEQUENCES, COMPARING PROTEINS AMINO ACID SEQUENCES 

GENE TECHNOLOGY = CAUSED A CHANGE IN METHODS OF INVESTIGATING GENETIC DIVERSITY

RANDOM SAMPLING = REMOVES SAMPLING BIAS, SET UP GRID, USE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR TO FIND COORDINATES, USE LARGE SAMPLE SIZE, DO STATS ANALYSIS OF THE DATA

PROBABLITY AND CHANCE = TESTS HAVE VARYING RESULTS, p=0.05 SO 5% OF THE TIME THE RESULTS WILL NOT BE EXPECTED

NULL HYPOTHESIS = ASSUMES ANY DIFFERENCES ARE DUE TO CHANCE, IF SIGNIFICANT REJECT NULL, IF NOT ACCEPT IT