Biodiversity and Sustainability

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

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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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Which option is abiotic?

• Plants
• Bacteria
• Water
• Fungi

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Which option is abiotic?

• Plants
• Rocks
• Animals
• Fungi

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Which option is biotic?

• Plants
• Air
• Water
• Energy

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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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Which of the following is NOT a cause for the current decline in the biodiversity of our ecosystem?

• over-exploitation of resources

• planting new forests to replace trees

• pollution of animal's water sources

• increasing human population

 Which biome is more likely to survive a change in the environment?

• High (rich) biodiversity
• Low (poor) biodiversity

Number/variety of different species in area.

• natural resources

• endangered species

• biodiversity

• captivity

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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