Biodiversity Index

What does the diversity index take into account when measuring diversity?

• Richness

• Abundance

• Evenness

• All of these

Which of the following factors is most likely to decrease the stability of an ecosystem?

• An increase in animal biodiversity

• An increase in plant biodiversity

• the removal of one individual animal

• the removal of one species

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The living planet index

• tracks species decline

• lists all animal species in the world

• describes exponential growth

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How do scientists determine the healthy of an ecosystem?

• number of producers

• Sampling

• number of consumers

• Biodiversity Index

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Ecosystems with high biodiversity recover from natural diasters faster than one with low biodiversity.

• True

• False

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Scientists believe we are in the 6th major extiction and it is caused by:

• human

• climate change

• extreme weather

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What is the primary purpose of a biodiversity index?

• To measure the number of species in an area

• To assess the genetic variation within a species

• To evaluate the health of an ecosystem

• To calculate the biomass of an ecosystem

Which of the following is a commonly used biodiversity index?

• Shannon Index

• Richter Scale

• Beaufort Scale

• Fibonacci Sequence

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A high biodiversity index in a region indicates:

• Low species richness

• High species evenness

• Low genetic diversity

• High ecosystem degradation

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Which factor is NOT considered in calculating a biodiversity index?

• Species richness

• Species evenness

• Genetic diversity

• Climate change