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What Is Biodiversity?

 

 

Biodiversity, short for biological diversty, is used to describe the variety of life in the different levels of classification. The types of biodiversity are genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity. All of these terms will be explained below.

The 3 Types of Biodiversity

The three types of biodiversity are genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity. They all play a big part in biodiversity and this is what they mean:

 

Genetic Diversity: Genetic diversity is the difference of genetic characters in a speciment, or a whole ecosystem. It refers to DNA/RNA that is passed from parents to offspring. An example would be the diversity in a colony of bees.

 

Species Diversity: The difference of species in an ecosystem. This includes species richness and the balance of species (food chains, overpopulation). An example would be the diversity beteewn a colony of ants, and a colony of bees. 

 

Ecosystem Diversity: The difference and abundance of ecosytems in the world. It also refers to the different ecosystems in different biomes/physical habitats. An example would be the diversity beteewn a hive and an ant burrow (tundra, savannah, desert, etc.)  

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