Lesson 5 - Quarter 1

• Biodiversity - refers to the variety of life-forms that thrive on Earth
• Ecosystem Biodiversity - refers to a community of plants, animals, and other living things in a particular physical and chemical environment. ​

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• Species Biodiversity - is the number of different species living in an area. A species is a group of similar organisms that are capable of breeding and producing
• Genetic Diversity - is the variation in genes that exist within the species
• A healthy biodiversity makes a healthy ecosystem
• Bio means LIFE
• Diversity means VARIETY
• Earth - Composed of different features that nurture the living things​
• Species - a group of similar individuals that have genes that are unique to their group and are able to reproduce ​
• Community - An association or interaction of two or more population.​
• Population - a group of living things within a certain area that are all of the same species​
• Ecosystem - is characterized by relations between organisms and how these organisms interact with the nonliving environment they live in.​
• Ecological structure:

  
  

  Species > Population > Community > Ecosystem