NYS Relationships and Biodiversity Lab

For a(n) __________________ to be successful and healthy, it has to have lots of different kinds of plants and animals

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• food chain

• environment

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Having lots of different plants and animals is called ____________________

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• life cycle

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following would DECREASE biodiversity?

• walking off trails when hiking

• leaving nature in nature

• plant trees

• recycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +, +

• +, -

• +, 0

• -, 0

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Which symbiotic relationship is when one organism benefits and the other is not impacted (positively or negatively)?

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• parasitism

Which symbols best describe commensalism?

• +, +

• +, -

• +, 0

• 0, 0

What is true about sustainability?

• Having a small number of species increases biodiversity

• Sustainability is how organisms change over time

• Sustainability is how much rainfall and sunlight an ecosystem receives

• The more different types of species you have (biodiversity) the better an ecosystem can sustain itself

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Biodiversity means..

• The variety of life in an ecosystem

• How an ecosystem changes over time

• Differences among humans

• Diversity of a select few species in a deserted area

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following would cause biodiversity to DECREASE?

• Water

• Forest Fires

• Sunlight

• Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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