Biodiversity and Populations

Which of the following forms of biodiversity describes the differences between individuals within the same species?

• Species

• Habitat

• Genetic

• None of the Above

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What has a higher biodiversity: a rain forest or a desert?

• Rain forest

• Desert

• They have a similar biodiversity

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Why is biodiversity in an ecosystem so important?

• Because it can help humans where to determine good places to develop farm land.

• Because places that have a healthy biodiversity are unaffected by major disturbances.

• Because having a high biodiversity allows ecosystems to withstand major changes.

• Because having a high biodiversity allows for fewer opportunities of competition for similar resources.

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What happened to the biodiversity in Yellowstone national forest with the addition of wolves to that temperate forest ecosystem?

• Increased

• Decreased

• Stayed the same

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Which do you think has a higher species diversity biodiversity, a food chain or a food web?

• Food Chain

• Food Web

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Which factor is most likely to cause the number of rabbits living in an area to increase?

• less water

• fewer predators

• lack of shelter

• limited food

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High biodiversity makes the food web more complex and better able to support the most species, even if some populations decrease.

• True

• False

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High biodiversity makes it more likely that the ecosystem will be able to keep functioning after a disturbance, such as disease or natural disaster.

• True

• False

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A stable ecosystem typically has high biodiversity.

• True

• False

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A species that does not belong in a balanced ecosystem, comes in, and changes it (usually for the worse).

• flagnship

• umbrella

• invasive

• predator

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