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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.

Contributors in Biodiversity

Biodiversity

diatom

Biology; Biodiversity

A living thing that is made up of only one cell and that has a hard shell is called diatom.

family

Biology; Biodiversity

One of the major groups in the classification of living things. A family is below an order and above a genus.

flood tide

Environment; Biodiversity

The period between low and high tide when water flows toward the shore is called as flood tide.

float

Biology; Biodiversity

To be in the air, in a liquid, or on the surface of a liquid without sinking.

food chain

Biology; Biodiversity

A series of plants and animals in which each kind is a source of food for the next in the series.

food web

Biology; Biodiversity

A group of food chains that are connected to each other in various ways within an ecosystem.

freshwater

Environment; Biodiversity

Containing water that is not salty. Rivers and lakes are freshwater bodies that are fed mainly by rain and melting snow.

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