Biodiversity

A plant nursery only grew one type of tomato. All of their tomatoes died from the same disease. What was most likely true of the tomato plant population?

• a. It had too little biodiversity
• b. It had a lot of resistance to disease
• c. It had a few plants that were resistant to disease
• d. It had too much genetic variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the main suspected environmental problem associated with the burning of fossil fuels?

• a. Depletion of fresh water
• b. Depletion of ozone
• c. Global cooling
• d. Global warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which human activity would be most destructive to the biodiversity of the biosphere?

• a. The burning of wood and coal in rural areas
• b. The release of species of freshwater trout in lakes
• c. The removal of plants from the food webs they support
• d. The removal of erosion barriers from forest boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What two human activities contribute the most to global warming?

• a. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation
• b. Mining and vehicle exhaust
• c. Burning fossil fuels and agriculture
• d. Deforestation and agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

If global warming continues, which of the following will most likely NOT happen?

• a. Increased intensity of storms
• b. Rises in ocean levels
• c. Loss of biodiversity
• d. Increase in available resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What affect will continued rise in global temperature most likely have on worldwide biodiversity?

• a. It will have no effect as there is plenty of time for organisms to adapt
• b. It will increase due to warmer temperatures
• c. It will increase due to greater plant production from more CO2
• d. It will decrease due to massive habitat destruction

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

In what way are humans most impacting the biodiversity of ecosystems around the world?

• a. We are putting too many organisms in zoos or keeping them as pets
• b. We are increasing biodiversity by breeding new species
• c. We are destroying the habitats of a large number of species
• d. Recreational hunting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Why are invasive species such a problem in their new ecosystem?

• a. The new ecosystem is not adapted to their presence

• b. The new ecosystem is probably weaker than the native one

• c. They have mutations making them more adapted to the new ecosystem

• d. They cause mutations in the native species

What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.
• The different amount of species in an area
• All abiotic life
• Nitrogen fixation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Environments always have both living and _________.

• nonliving factors
• bio-geochemical cycles
• nutrients
• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3