Biomes and Biodiversity

The number of different species of organisms in an environment is known as ____________

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What does the root "bio" mean...

• living

• nonliving

• toxic

• variety

What does the root "diversity" mean...

• living

• nonliving

• toxic

• variety

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How do biodiversity and stability work together?

• The lower the biodiversity the greater the stability of an ecosystem.

• The higher the biodiversity, the less stable the ecosystem

• The higher the biodiversity, the greater the stability of the ecosystem.

• Biodiversity has nothing to do with ecosystem stability.

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High biodiversity is 

• having a lot of the same organism.
• having a few of the same organism.
• having a lot of variety of different organisms.
• only having one of each organism. 

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Which ecosystem is more likely to survive a change in the environment?

• One with High biodiversity

• One with Low biodiversity

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Which shows more biodiversity Image A or Image B. Why?

• Image B is more biodiverse, because shows more different species than image A.

• Image A is more biodiverse, because shows a greater number of organisms that image B

• Both images show the same biodiversity

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Match the following statements with the correct words.

• This type of diversity refers to the number of species & abundance of species in a particular place

• biodiversity

• Organisms with a large gene pool have a great chance of ____ than a population w/limited variability

• Genetic

• This type of diversity refers to the ways that species interact with each other & their environment

• Species

• This type of diversity is the variation in genes within a species.

• Surviving

• The variety of life found on Earth.

• ecological

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Which biome/ecosystem will have less diversity?

 

• Grasslands

• Hardwood Forest

• Desert

• Pine Forest

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A ____________ ecosystem can better withstand and recover from disasters.

  A.  Young  B.  Old

  C.  Healthy  D.  Dying

• Young

• Old

• Healthy

• Dying

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