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Biodiversity |
Measure of the number of species on the planet |
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Species |
A group of organisms that can interbreed under natural conditions and produce fertile offspring
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Interbreed and offspring |
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Genetic bottleneck |
Very low numbers in a population due to an event, this causes a reduction in genetic diversity, leaving them vulnerable and at high risk of extinction |
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Conservation |
Planned preservation of wildlife |
Preserve |
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Evolution |
Process by which new species are formed from pre existing ones over a very long period of time. |
Charles Darwin |
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Conservation |
Planned preservation of wildlife |
Preserve |
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Evolution |
Process by which new species are formed from pre existing ones over a very long period of time. |
Charles Darwin |
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Adaptive radiation |
The emergence of new species from a common ancestor |
Finches |
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Natural selection |
1) variation in population 2) overproduction of offspring 3) competition 4) fittest= survive and reproduce 5) genes for these favourable characteristics are inherited by the offspring |
Drives evolution |
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Palaeontology |
The study of plants and animals in the geological past, represented by fossil remains |
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Mass extinction |
Large proportion of known species go extinct within a short time period |
Dinosaurs |
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Taxonomy |
Scientific study of the diversity of living organisms |
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