Biodiversity Quiz

What is biodiversity?

• The variety of life in an area

• The number of people in an area

• The number of businesses in an area

• The number of buildings in an area

How does biodiversity affect the health of an ecosystem?

• It increases the health of an ecosystem

• It decreases the health of an ecosystem

• It has no effect on the health of an ecosystem

• It makes the ecosystem unstable

What is genetic diversity?

• The number of genes in an ecosystem

• The variety of genes in a population or species

• The number of species in a community

• The variation in ecosystems found in a region

How does genetic diversity increase the odds of survival for a species or population?

• It has no effect on the odds of survival

• It decreases the odds of survival

• It increases the odds of survival

• It makes the species or population more vulnerable

What is species diversity?

• The number of species in a community

• The variety of ecosystems in a region

• The number of genes in a community

• The variation in abiotic factors in an ecosystem

How does species diversity affect the health of an ecosystem?

• It has no effect on the health of an ecosystem

• It decreases the health of an ecosystem

• It increases the health of an ecosystem

• It makes the ecosystem unstable

What is ecosystem diversity?

• The variation in ecosystems found in a region

• The variety of genes in a population or species

• The variation in abiotic factors in an ecosystem

• The number of ecosystems in a region

Which type of region usually has a high ecosystem diversity?

• Mountains

• Polar regions

• Deserts

• Rainforests

How does ecosystem diversity vary over the whole planet?

• It remains the same everywhere

• It decreases as you move towards the equator

• It increases as you move towards the poles

• It varies depending on the climate and geography

What increases as genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity increase?

• The number of buildings in an area

• The number of people in an area

• The health of the ecosystem

• The number of businesses in an area