"The variety of genes, species and ecosystems that can be found within an area"
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Biosphere
"The thin veneer of living material on the planets surface"
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Biome
"An ecosystem that is on a global scale"
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Biomass
"The total weight of all dry living material per unit area"
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Generic Diversity
"The range of genes that can be found within species" - For example the Cheetah is generically weak as they have very little diversity due to a disease.
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Species Diversity
"The variety of living organisms, such as plants and animals, that are present within an ecosystem"
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Ecosystem Diversity
"The number of different ecosystems that can be found within a certain geographical area"
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Endemic Species
"Species that are specific to one location" - This will usually be an island as they are isolated from other locations
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Hotspot
"An area with a significant amount of biodiversity that is under threat from humans"
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GPP
"Gross Primary Production (GPP) is the total amount of carbon up taken by the plants in an ecosystem."
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NPP
"Net Primary Production (NPP) is the total amount of carbon stored by the plants of an ecosystem."
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Abiotic
"Is a living creature"
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Biotic
"Is a non-living creature"
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Photosynthesis
"The process through which plants use light and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen"
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Decomposition
"The degradation of a dead organism into the ground"
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Energy Flow
"The flow of energy from one store to another"
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Food Web
"This is a diagram that shows the order in which living creatures eat one another"
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Autotroph
"Is a self-feeder they can feed themselves through the process of photosynthesis"
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Heterotroph
"Is an other-feeder they require the consumption of something else to feed themselves"
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Trophic Levels
"The different levels that go from producers up to consumer"
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Producer
"Produces the nutrients required for other animals"
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Consumers
"Creatures that consume others for the nutrients needed to live"
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Litter
"This is the dead organisms that have fallen to the environments floor to be decomposed"
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Leaching
"When water causes the loss of nutrients in the soil"
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Weathering
"When precipitation causes eroding in other materials"
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
"The thin veneer of living material on the planets surface"
Back
Biosphere
Card 3
Front
"An ecosystem that is on a global scale"
Back
Card 4
Front
"The total weight of all dry living material per unit area"
Back
Card 5
Front
"The range of genes that can be found within species" - For example the Cheetah is generically weak as they have very little diversity due to a disease.
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