Biodiversity
Explore the immense variety of life on Earth, how organisms are identified and organized, and discover which scientific rules help catalog the millions of unique species discovered so far.
What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity refers to the number and types of organisms present on the Earth. Each distinct type of plant, animal, or organism that you see represents a unique species. Currently, the number of species that are known and described ranges between 1.7 to 1.8 million worldwide.
Need for Taxonomy
With millions of plants and animals around us, they are known by their local names in different regions. These local names vary from place to place, even within a single country. This variation creates immense confusion. Hence, there is a critical need to standardize the naming of living organisms such that a particular organism is known by the exact same name all over the world.
Need for Class.
Why we group life forms.
Nomenclature
Universal naming standard.
Identification
Describing traits correctly.
Binomial System
Two-part scientific names.
Classification
Grouping into categories.
Taxonomy
Science of classification.