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Describe the meaning of biodiversity.

● ‘Bio' means life, and 'diversity’ means variety. So biodiversity means differences in the living beings found on earth.


● The living beings include plants-trees (vegetation) and animals.


● Biodiversity can also be defined as variety and variability among living organisms, and ecological complexes in which they occur.


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