Reading: Biodiversity

Vocab

Biodiversity: measurement of the amount of variation of the species in a given area
Bionics: use of organisms to inspire technology or engineering projects
Extinction: Dying out of a species so that no members of the species exists anymore
Niche: role a species plays in the ecosystem
Keystone Species: a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically