Biodiversity MOD Final Exam

What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.
• The different amount of species in an area
• All abiotic life
• Nitrogen fixation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

• Biotic are non-living things
• Abiotic are living organisms
• Biotic is life,
  Abiotic is non-living
• Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

_________________ are the most diverse ecosystems in the world.

• Tropical Rain Forests

• Deserts

• Oceans

• Ponds

Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is 

• invasive species
• poaching and overharvesting
• pollution
• habitat change and loss 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Protecting whole ecosystems is the most effective way to preserve biodiversity.

• True

• False

What is the best reason to protect a species within an ecosystem?

• Prevent the organism from producing too quickly

• To increase Extinctions

• To maintain biodiversity

• To decrease biodiversity

A non-native plant that causes problems to the environment that it is introduced to is called __________.

• Invasive
• Weed
• Indigenous
• Purple

How do invasive plants damage the environment?

• Compete with native species
• Change plant community
• Alter diversity
• All of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Name the levels of an ecosystem in order from smallest to largest.

• Ecosystem, population, organism, community

• Community, organism, population, ecosystem

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem

• Ecosystem, community, population, organism

What is a climate?

• The number of animals in an area

• The average age of the species in an area

• The distance from an area to the moon

• The average weather conditions in an area