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Biodiversity

The degree of variation of living organisms - animals, plants, their habitats and their genes - within a given terrestrial or marine ecosystem. This includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.

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ecomorphology

Biology; Biodiversity

The study of relationships between an individual's ecological role and its form and structural adaptations, is called as ecomorphology.

critical habitat

Biology; Biodiversity

A habitat which is critical for survival and conservation of species and is designated by a rule published in Federal Register.

ambhibian

Biology; Biodiversity

Animal that can live and survive on land as well as in water and are vertebrates, are termed as ambhibians.

autotroph

Biology; Biodiversity

The organism which is capable of acquiring nourishment from surrounding environments using photosynthesis, is termed as an autotroph.

hurricane

Environment; Biodiversity

Hurricane is a violent storm with a very strong wind and heavy rain and it begins as a group of smaller thunderstorms over a tropical ocean in summer.

jet stream

Environment; Biodiversity

Earth's largest and fastest scaled winds that are about 30,000 to 35,000 ft. above earth's surface.

adaptation

Biology; Biodiversity

A change in an animal or plant that helps it live in a perticular environment.Adaptations are the result of evolution.

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