The Emergence Machine

Biodiversity

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E7

E7Ecosystems

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Biodiversity is the variety of life forms in an ecosystem or biosphere, including genetic and species diversity, which arises from the interactions and adaptations of living organisms.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “biodiversity” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “biodiversity”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
biodiversity
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0BiodiversityAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesBiodiversityL6OrganismL4AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Remediation fix
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first