Biodiversity

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What is the species richness of the community?

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4

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What is high biodiversity?

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Having a lot of variety of different organisms.

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Which form of biodiversity describes the differences between individuals within the same species? Options: Species, Habitat, Genetic, None of the Above

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Genetic

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

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Rain forest

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Why is biodiversity in an ecosystem so important?

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

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

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ecosystem

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What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with the overall concept of biodiversity? Options: genetic, ecosystem, species, population

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species

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Which habitat exhibits the greatest biodiversity? Options: 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 individuals

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A habitat with 15 different species with about 300 individuals each

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Genetic diversity

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variation of genes within a species or population in a given area

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Which statement best describes an example of low species diversity?

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