Question

What is Diversity in the Living World?

Answer

The planet earth is full of variety of animals and plants. This refer to biodiversity. Each different kind of plant and animal represents a species. The number of species that are known and described, range between 1.7-1.8 million. The number of known species are increasing day-by-day because of projects like global biodiversity information facility and species 2000. The estimated number of living organisms on earth now is between 5-30 million, most occurring in dense tropical rain forests and under water reefs.