Intro to Biological Diversity

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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What is this an example of?

• diversity of species
• variation
• vestigial structures
• DNA studies

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Group of organisms that all share the same characteristics.

• Family

• Species

• Order

• Kingdom

A species is a group of organisms with the same ...............

• colour

• size

• features

• appearance

Organisms that belong to the same species can .......... with each other.

• interact

• fight

• breed

When organisms of the same species breed together they will have ......................

• sons and daughters

• offspring

• children

When organisms of the same species breed together, their offspring, sometimes, belong to an other species.

• True

• False

Organisms that belong to different species cannot usually breed with each other

• True

• False

Why is biodiversity in an ecosystem so important?

• Because it can help humans where to determine good places to develop farm land.

• Because places that have a healthy biodiversity are unaffected by major disturbances.

• Because having a high biodiversity allows ecosystems to withstand major changes.

• Because having a high biodiversity allows for fewer opportunities of competition for similar resources.

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All of the different organisms interacting in a pond make up

• a community

• a population

• the habitat

• an organism