Unit 5.1 Biodiversity Conservation

Open Ended

Why is conserving biodiversity important for the health of our planet and future generations?

Match

Match the following statements with the correct words.

• Biodiversity

• Ecological Diversity

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

The variety of life found on Earth.

This type of diversity refers to the ways that species interact with each other & their environment

This type of diversity is the variation in genes within a species.

This type of diversity refers to the number of species & abundance of species in a particular place

• The variety of life found on Earth.

• This type of diversity refers to the ways that species interact with each other & their environment

• This type of diversity is the variation in genes within a species.

• This type of diversity refers to the number of species & abundance of species in a particular place

Multiple Choice

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

• Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

Multiple Choice

An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

• class and order

• family and genus

• genus and species

• kingdom and phylum

Multiple Choice

How do people benefit from biodiversity?

• aesthetic or personal enjoyment     

•  source of new products

•  variety of food

• All of these