Biodiversity

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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A drought has hit this grassland biome. How will this effect the rabbit population?

• The rabbits will increase in number.
• The rabbit population will stay the same.
• The rabbit population will decrease.
• The rabbit population will become extinct immediately.

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In this tundra food web, if grasses were removed what would happen to the sustainability of the ecosystem?

• There would be an overpopulation of arctic hares and lemmings.
• Polar bears would move to a new ecosystem
• The ecosystem would collapse because it lost its main producer
• Wildflowers would die out from the ecosystem

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Sustainability refers to

• how many species are present in an ecosystem
• when a species goes extinct
• how long a species lives
• the ability to maintain ecological process over long periods of time.

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The higher the biodiversity, the more sustainable an ecosystem is.

• True
• False

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Does this have biodiversity?

• Yes
• No