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WFC 10- Chapter 7
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Undergraduate 1
11/05/2009

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Biodiversity
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Wealth of life on earth (all plants, animals and microorganisms), the genes they contain and the intricate ecosystems they help build

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Species Diversity
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Conceders the wealth of species on the plant or at some more local or geographical level

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Genetic diversity
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Natural variation
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Ecosystem diversity
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Areas with suites of interacting populations of plants, animals and microbes “all living organism in a place combined with the non-living characteristics”

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Alpha diversity
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The number of species counted in a local community

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Gama Biodiversity
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The number of species counted across multiple communities

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Human Population Growth
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Each individual needs to consume other organisms to survive and all of these come from the world’s biodiversity.  Humans are the ultimate predator. It is unknown when we will hit carrying capacity and if we will have eliminated majority of the worlds biodiversity before we do so

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Habitat Destruction
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Human population keeps grown and need space: clear cutting of rainforest, draining of wetlands, coral bleaching.  Biodiversity is lost if habitat is lost, species can’t survive without their habitat.

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Alien Species
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Second leading cause to loss of biodiversity, people transport non-native species around the world and majority of the time they don’t know they are doing it

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Climate change
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Result of large scale pollution of the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other compounds.  Habitats are changing due to climate change such as precipitation patterns, ice caps melting, sea level rising, ocean currents changing

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Pollution
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Excrement’s of human life effecting the environment, toxic chemicals being put into the natural environment.  Many acts have been passed to attempt to protect species and habitats from pollution, but much is still at risk.

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