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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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