Biodiversity in Ecosystems Vocabulary

the ability of an ecosystem to maintain balance even in the face of significant disturbances.

• biodiversity

• biome

• resilience

• dynamic equilibrium

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a geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.

• biodiversity

• biome

• species

• reforestation

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• the term describing any region of Earth between the tropics and the polar circles.

• desert

• a biome that receives very little rain.

• taiga

• a biome where grasses are the dominant plants.

• grassland

• forests that grow near the equator and experience heavy annual rainfall.

• temperate forest

• a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees.

• tropical rain forest

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• describes the balance between different parts of the ecosystem.

• ecosystem diversity

• the variety of ecosystems in the biosphere.

• species diversity

• the number of different species and the quantity of each species in an ecological community.

• dynamic equilibrium

• the variety of genes or inherited traits that are present.

• genetic diversity

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the number and variety of organisms found in a specific region.

• biodiversity

• biome

• ecosystem

• ecosystem services

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• benefits that are received through the regulation of ecosystem processes.

• ecosystem services

• the benefits experienced by organisms, including humans, which are provided by healthy ecosystems.

• provisioning services

• ecosystem services that allow for the existences of all other ecosystem services.

• regulation services

• ecosystem services that provide products from an ecosystem.

• supporting services

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a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring.

• population

• community

• species

• biodiversity

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• an aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time.

• coral reef

• a coastal area where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from seas or oceans.

• wetland

• an underwater structure made from outside skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied animals called coral.

• estuary

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an organism that is introduced into an ecosystem, either by accident or on purpose, that spreads on its own and outcompetes native species for resources.

• species

• overexploitation

• biome

• invasive species

a process in which mined land is restored with soil and replanted with vegetation.

• reforestation

• pollution

• climate change

• reclamation