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What percentage of the world's known biodiversity is housed in the Amazon Rainforest?
What percentage of the world's known biodiversity is housed in the Amazon Rainforest?
Which of the following countries does NOT have a portion of the Amazon Rainforest?
Which of the following countries does NOT have a portion of the Amazon Rainforest?
Which marine region spans the marine waters of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste?
Which marine region spans the marine waters of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste?
What percentage of the world's coral species are found in the Coral Triangle?
What percentage of the world's coral species are found in the Coral Triangle?
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Which area has the most coral reef fish diversity in the world?
Which area has the most coral reef fish diversity in the world?
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What percentage of the fishes in the Coral Triangle are endemic or locally restricted species?
What percentage of the fishes in the Coral Triangle are endemic or locally restricted species?
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What term was coined by Walter Rosen in 1985?
What term was coined by Walter Rosen in 1985?
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What does the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity define as biodiversity?
What does the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity define as biodiversity?
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How is species richness commonly measured in biodiversity?
How is species richness commonly measured in biodiversity?
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What plays a major role in the dynamics of the relationship between biotic and abiotic in ecosystems?
What plays a major role in the dynamics of the relationship between biotic and abiotic in ecosystems?
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What is the outcome of over 3 billion years of evolutionary history?
What is the outcome of over 3 billion years of evolutionary history?
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What is the portmanteau of biological and diversity?
What is the portmanteau of biological and diversity?
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What encompasses the variety of all life on earth?
What encompasses the variety of all life on earth?
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Which term refers to the variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and their ecological complexes?
Which term refers to the variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and their ecological complexes?
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What role does biodiversity play in the dynamics of the relationship between biotic and abiotic in ecosystems?
What role does biodiversity play in the dynamics of the relationship between biotic and abiotic in ecosystems?
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