The seminal work that defined and provided a structure for the concept of cultural. competence was a monograph published in 1989 by the Georgetown University Child. Development Center through a contract with the Department of Health and Human. Services as part of the Child Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP).
Insects also probably have the largest biomass of the terrestrial animals. At any time, it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (thatâs 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 for those who like actual numbers) individual insects alive. In the United States, the number of described species is approximately 91,000.
Of all invertebrates, the insects are by far the most numerous. There are so many species of insects that scientists have yet to discover them all, let alone name or count them. Estimates of the total number of insect fall in the range of 1 to 30 million. The vertebrates represent the remaining 3% of all species and include species that are the most familiar to us: amphibians, reptiles, birds, fishes, mammals. The list below provides estimates of the number of species within various groups of animals.