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A survey of a wetland found 85 kinds of plants, 60 kinds of birds, 240 kinds of insects, 12 kinds…
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A survey of a wetland found kinds of plants, kinds of birds, kinds of insects, kinds of mammals and kinds of fishes. How many kinds of living things were found? What percentage of them are insects?
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About to million species are known and described. Biodiversity is the number and variety of organisms. Common names change with the place and the language, and they can mislead, so each organism needs one scientific name used everywhere.
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Step 1. The total. kinds.
Step 2. The insects. .
Answer: kinds; of them are insects.
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