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The number and variety of organisms found in a specific region
biodiversity
A group or organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring
species
The variety of genes or inherited traits that are present in a population
genetic diversity
the number of different species and the quantity of each species in an ecological community
species diversity
The variety of ecosystems in the biosphere
Ecosystem diversity
Describes the balance between different parts of the ecosystem
Dynamic Equilibrium
The ability of an ecosystem to maintain dynamic equilibrium even with significant outside disturbances
Resilience
A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features
Biome
A type of biome that receives very little rain
Desert
A type of biome that contains areas where grasses are the dominant plant
Grassland
Forests that grow near the equator and experience heavy annual rainfall
Tropical Rainforest
Regions of Earth between the tropics and the polar circles
Temperate
A forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees
Taiga
Aquatic ecosystems that have a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time
Wetland
Regions along coastlines where streams or rivers flow into a body of salt water
Estuaries
An ocean ecosystem that consists of an underwater structure made from outside skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied animals called coral
Coral Reef
