Ch. 5 Biodiversity and Conservation Test

What is an invasive species?

• A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area. 
• A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area. 
• A keystone species in an environment
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the variety of ecosystems that are present in the biosphere?

• species diversity

• genetic diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the variety of genes present?

• bidiversity
• species diversity
• extinction
• genetic diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The number of different species and the abundance of each species in a biological community.

• genetic diversity
• ecosystem diversity
• extinction
• species diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

______ ______ includes thing like minerals, fossil fuels, plants, animals, clean water, and solar energy.

• Overexpoitation
• Natural Resources
• Nonrenewable Resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

_______ happens when fertilizers, animal waste, sewage or other substances rich in nitrogen and phosphorus are lost into waterways causing excessive algae growth.

• Eutrophication
• Introduced species
• Biological Augmentation
• Nonrenewable Resource

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The use of living natural organisms to detoxify a polluted area?

• Biological Augmentation
• Introduced Species
• Bioremediation

Species that are only found in a specific geographic area are _______.

• Introduced species
• Local species
• Endemic 
• Biodiversity hot spot

the breaking of habitats into smaller pieces is called...

• habitat division

• habitat pollution

• habitat corruption

• habitat fragmentation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

How does genetic diversity increase a species’

chance of survival?

• It increases the number of organisms that have useful genes

• It increases the ability of a species to adapt to environmental changes.

• It produces a variety of species within a biological community

• It randomly distributes members of a species throughout an ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4