Unit 2 Vocab: Biodiversity

What is the term for the following definition? Allowing the use of resources in a responsible manner (important).

• Conservation

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Exploitation

What is the term for the following definition? Setting aside areas and protecting them from human activities (important).

• Preservation

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Pollution

What is the term for the following definition? Change in the genetic makeup of a population of a species in successive generations. If continued long enough, it can lead to the formation of a new species. Note that populations—not individuals—evolve. (p. 158)

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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What is the term for the following definition? Evolution in which two or more species interact and exert selective pressures on each other that can lead each species to undergo various adaptations (important).

• Coevolution

• Convergent evolution

• Genetic drift

• Speciation

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What is the term for the following definition? The number of different species found in an ecosystem.

• Species richness

• Biomass

• Trophic level

• Ecological succession

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What is the term for the following definition? Organisms that possess favorable adaptations survive and pass them onto the next generation (p. 158).

• Natural selection

• Mutation

• Genetic drift

• Artificial selection

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What is the term for the following definition? The way populations of organisms adapt to their environment over time, both in short- and long-term scales, via incremental changes at the genetic level.

• How populations of organisms adapt to their environment over time

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Homeostasis

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What is the term for the following definition? A loss of genetic diversity as a potential consequence of a population bottleneck.

• Potential consequence of a population bottleneck

• Founder effect

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

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What is the term for the following definition? Any factors that change the behaviors and fitness of organisms within an environment.

• Selective pressures

• Genetic drift

• Mutation rate

• Carrying capacity

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What is the term for the following definition? The range of conditions, such as temperature, salinity, flow rate, and sunlight that an organism can endure before injury or death results; can apply to individuals and to species.

• Ecological tolerance or range of tolerance

• Carrying capacity

• Habitat fragmentation

• Ecological succession