Environmental Science: Biodiversity and Conservation

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

• poaching
• harvesting
• fragementation
• extinction

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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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All living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact are called ______

• ecosystem
• community

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What is biodiversity?

• the study of living organisms in an ecosystem

• the variation of living organisms in an ecosystem

• a system of interactions between living and nonliving elements

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What are biotic elements?

• nonliving things in an ecosystem

• living things in an ecosystem

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What are abiotic elements in an ecosystem?

• nonliving things in an ecosystem

• living things in an ecosystem

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True or false. Pollution tends to increase biodiversity.

• True

• False

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Biodiversity includes which of the following:

• species diversity

• economy diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• genetic diversity

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What is an invasive species?

• an organism that IS native to an area and causes harm to the environment/humans

• an organism that is NOT native to an area and causes harm to the environment/humans

• an organism that is NOT native to an area and helps the environment/humans

• an organism that IS native to an area and helps the environment/humans

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Which of the following forbids the U.S. government and its citizens from harming endangered or threatened species and their habitats?

• the Environmental Protection Agency
• Species Survival Plan
• the Endangered Species Act
• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

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