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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The illegal capture or killing of an organism, often for money, is called...

• poaching
• harvesting
• fragementation
• extinction

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Number/variety of different species in area.

• natural resources

• endangered species

• biodiversity

• captivity

An endemic species is one which

• Only exists in a certain region/area

• Exists all over the world

• Is extinct

• Is able to breed to produce fertile offspring

What happens when species become extinct?

• a few are still alive

• the adults are dead but some eggs still have not hatched

• the whole species does not exist

• the species do not exist in some parts of the world

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Which of the following does NOT increase the risk of a species becoming endangered? 

• being a specialist
  
• an invasive species
• having a small population size
• low genetic diversity

Ecologist and paleontologists agree that 

• extinction is tied exclusively to human activities
• about 99% of all species alive today have been discovered
• 99% of all species that have ever lived are now extinct
• Siberian tigers will make a full recovery due to gen. diver.

Biodiversity is greater

• Near the poles

• In the Tundra

• In the desert

• Near the equator

Which biome is more biodiverse?

• Desert
• Sand
• Tundra
• Rainforest

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An endemic species is one which

• Only exists in a certain region/area

• Exists all over the world

• Is extinct

• Is able to breed to produce fertile offspring