Biodiversity Unit Review

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The variety of ecosystems in an area.

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ecosystem diversity

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Why should humans work to prevent biodiversity loss?

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Humans depend on other organisms to meet their basic needs for survival

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Biodiversity

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The number and variety of species in a given area

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Which of the following causes an organism to go extinct?

Overharvesting

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Sustainable farming

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Overfishing

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Overharvesting and Overfishing

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Overharvesting and Overfishing

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Which evidence from the State of the Bay Report would support that oysters should not be harvested from oyster sanctuaries? Options: Dissolved oxygen, water clarity and oyster scores; Dissolved oxygen, underwater grasses and oyster scores; Toxics, oyster and underwater grasses scores; Toxics, dissolved oxygen, water clarity and wetland scores

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Dissolved oxygen, water clarity and oyster scores

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Why should harvesting oysters from oyster sanctuaries not be allowed?

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Oysters in an oyster sanctuary are protected from overharvesting to increase populations in order to help filter the bay water

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Overharvesting, overfishing, overgrazing all result in:

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a decrease in biodiversity

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The variety of organisms living in an ecosystem is called ______ diversity

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species

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The main cause of biodiversity loss worldwide is

extinctions

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invasive species

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pollution

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habitat destruction

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habitat destruction

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One way to ensure you are supporting biodiversity protection and sustainable practices is to:

• Buy plants that are native to the rainforest
• Adopt an exotic pet that is native to the rainforest
• Buy a necklace that has wood beads taken from trees in the rainforest
• Purchase products that are certified as sustainable

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Purchase products that are certified as sustainable

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