Biodiversity-Flash Cards

Which biome/ecosystem will have less biodiversity?

• grasslands

• forest

• desert

• pine forest

A ______ ecosystem can better withstand and recover from disasters.

• young

• old

• healthy

• dying

Which ecosystem is more likely to survive a change in the environment?

• One with High biodiversity

• One with Low biodiversity

Define genetic diversity

• a variety of genes and traits within a species

• a variety of ecosystems in a given area

• system made up of all the living and nonliving things in a given area

• a variety of species in an ecosystem

Which shows more biodiversity Image A or Image B. Why?

• Image B is more biodiverse, because it shows more different species than image A.

• Image A is more biodiverse, because shows a greater number of organisms that image B

• Both images show the same biodiversity

The greater the ____________________, the more likely a species is to survive changes to their environment

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

The location of the greatest species diversity is around the

• equator

• poles

• desert

• north America

High biodiversity is 

• having a lot of the same organism.
• having a few of the same organism.
• having a lot of variety of different organisms.
• only having one of each organism. 

In this food web example you can see that rain forests have many producers consumer and predators. How would you describe the rain forest biome?

• It has high biodiversity

• It has low biodiversity.

Define species diversity

• a variety of genes and traits within a species

• a variety of ecosystems in a given area

• system made up of all the living and nonliving things in a given area

• a variety of species in an ecosystem