Biodiversity, Adaptations, Ecological Tolerance, Ecosystem Services, and Island Biogeography

HIPPO means what?

• A cool nickname for Mr. Hipp

• A law that protects grasslands

• Different invasive species

• Threats faced by ecosystems & biomes

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What term describes the variety of different organisms found in an ecosystem?

• population
• biodiversity
• ecosystem services

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Jay has 3 green marbles, 4 red skittles, and 5 twix. What is the species richness?

• 3

• 12

• 1.5

• 0.50

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Jay has 3 green marbles, 4 red skittles, and 5 twix. What is the relative abundance of green marbles?

• 41.7%

• 33.3%

• 25%

• 63%

The most effective way to protect biodiversity is through...

• habitat fragmentation
• habitat destruction
• habitat preservation

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The LESS genetically diverse a population is, the better it can respond to environmental stressors

• True

• False

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Genetic diversity plays an important role in the survival or extinction of small, isolated populations

• True

• False

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Which of these ecosystems would be most likely to recover?

• a temperate forest with average biodiversity that loses many types of trees due to a fire

• a tropical rainforest with high biodiversity that loses a species of fig tree due to a type of fungus

• a desert that has low biodiversity and loses all of the saguaro cacti that are growing there

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Which tank will have the highest overall biodiversity?

• one coral, one type of algae, and

  a ghost shrimp

• five angelfish, two types of coral, one type of algae, and two seahorses

• three angelfish and two seahorses

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Which ecosystem would scientists consider to be the most stable?

• a tropical rainforest that is being cut down to make room for farmland

• a temperate forest where all the tree trunks have been damaged by beetles

• a savanna that retains the same number of species even when a drought occurs

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