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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

Ambhibian

Biology; Biodiversity

Animal that can live and survive on land as well as in water and are vertebrates, are termed as ambhibians.

Commensalism

Biology; Biodiversity

A close relationship between two different kinds of organisms in which one depends on the other but causes it no harm.

Community

Environment; Biodiversity

All of the plants and animals that live in a particular places and that depend on each other for survival.

Human

Biology; Biodiversity

A member of the species Homo sapiens or a member of one of the extinct species of earlier primates.

Camouflage

Biology; Biodiversity

Colouring or body shape that protects an animal by making it look like its surroundings so it can hide from prey.

Class

Biology; Biodiversity

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

Classification

Biology; Biodiversity

The grouping of things into an organised system. Classification of living things is based on how they are alike.

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