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"BIODIVERSITY"     Biodiversity, as defined by E.O. Wilson, "is meant to be every(prenominal) inclusive-its the ancestral based variation of living organisms at all levels, from thevariety of genes in populations of single species, through species, on up to thearray of natural ecosystems." This includes plants, animals, insects, fungi,bacteria, and all microorganisms. All of these things create what is known as aweb. These things interact with severally other in some way there for they depend onone another throughout their lifetime. There are many set out ways in which we sess study biodiversity. These ways include, genetic, species, community,ecosystem, and taxonomic diversity. Biodiversity can be best number of speciesin a given area, or scientifically, "species richness."     Today there is a biodiversity crisis facing us. This is caused mainlyby the closing of habitats. This dramatically increases the rate at w hichspecies decrease in number and mother extinct. It is appalling to know that weare the main cause of this. Over fishing, pollution, oer cutting, and anincrease in population contribute to this problem. An example of this is thegold excavation operation that we saw in the video. While mining, Mercury wasdripping into the water. The mercury then got into the fish and into the humanswho ate the fish.     Biodiversity promotes a healthy environment. Environments...