What Is Biodiversity

The level of biodiversity that involves a variety of habits and communities is _____ diversity.

• ecosystem

• population

• genetic

• species

What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with the overall concept of biodiversity?

• genetic

• ecosystem

• species

• population

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Biodiversity, aka biological diversity, usually refers to

• the same species in a general location

• the number of different species in a given area

• the number of animal species in a given area

• the number of plant species in a given area

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Which habitat exhibits the greatest biodiversity?

• A habitat with 15 different species with about 300 individuals each

• A habitat with 10 different species with about 75 individuals each

• A habitat with 4 different species with about 150 individuals each

• A habitat with only one species with about 2000 individual

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Which statement best describes an example of low species diversity?

• A population of frogs has a wide variety of skin colors

• A marsh ecosystem is covered by a single species of cattail bulrushes

• A state park includes multiple forest, wetland, and freshwater ecosystems

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Which statement best describes an example of high species diversity?

• A pond ecosystem is populated by a single species of frogs

• A state park includes multiple forest and freshwater ecosystems with many different species of fish, frogs, and birds

• A desert ecosystem is populated only by organ pipe cacti, camels, and armadillo lizards

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Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

• It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.

• It increases at each level of the food chain.

• It provides more abiotic factors for the ecosystem.

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Put the levels of biodiversity in order from largest to smallest.

• Species Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

• Genetic Diversity

____________ is the variety of living things in the world.

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How do biodiversity and stability work together?

• The lower the biodiversity the greater the stability of an ecosystem.

• The higher the biodiversity, the less stable the ecosystem

• The higher the biodiversity, the greater the stability of the ecosystem.

• Biodiversity has nothing to do with ecosystem stability.

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