Biodiversity

Which of the following is true about ecosystems with high diversity?

• Ecosystems with high diversity are likely to collapse.

• Ecosystems with high diversity are more resilient.

• Ecosystems with high diversity are less stable.

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Which of the following is true about ecosystems with low diversity?

• Ecosystems with low diversity have many different species.

• Ecosystems with low diversity can experience greater change.

• Ecosystems with low diversity are less stable.

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Does this image have high or low biodiversity?

• High biodiversity

• Low biodiversity

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Does this ecosystem have low or high biodiversity? A healthy coral reef:

• Low Biodiversity

• High Biodiversity

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What is resilience?

• The number of species in an area.

• A species that is not native to an area and affects biodiversity.

• The ability to experience change and not be destroyed.

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The less resilient an ecosystem is, the more stable it is.

• true

• false

An ecosystem with ____ biodiversity can experience greater changes and not collapse.

• collapse

• lower

• higher

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An ecosystem with ____ biodiversity can collapse if there is a change.

• lower

• higher

• resilient

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An ecosystem is more resilient if it has more _________.

• biodiversity

• animals

• invasive species

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One small change in an ecosystem with low biodiversity could cause:

• • the ecosystem to be more stable

• nothing bad

• many species to die

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