Biodiversity and the Environment

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

• Biotic are non-living things
• Abiotic are living organisms
• Biotic is life,
  Abiotic is non-living
• Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

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

• High (rich) biodiversity
• Low (poor) biodiversity

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What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.
• The different amount of species in an area
• All abiotic life
• Nitrogen fixation

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Placing objects such as sunken ships or, structures on the ocean floor in order to increase the biodiversity of the ocean ecosystem is an example of

• Good ways to dispose of trash

• abiotic

• Artificial Reef

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Changes to an ecosystem’s biodiversity can have a direct effect on humans because humans –

• inhabit all areas of the Earth’s ecosystems.

• use minerals from the ground to make things

• rely mostly on solar power for energy.

• depend on the Earth’s natural resources.

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The variety of living organisms in an area is

• biodiversity

• ecosystem

• zoologist

• Respiration

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How introducing a non-native species of a such as an asian carp in Iowa's river, reduce an area’s biodiversity over time.

• The carp could breed with native species creating more species of carp

• Without natural predators the carp may overpopulate, use up most of the resources and drive out native species

• Asian carp could provide an new food source for people

• None of the above

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If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase

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number of organisms per certain area

• carrying capacity
• limiting factor
• total population
• population density

What happened to the wolf population between 1980 and 1982?

• it increased rapidly
• it decreased rapidly

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