Biodiversity

Genetic Diversity refers to

• The number of species in a region or habitat

• Genetic variation among individuals in a population

• The variety of habitats that exist within a given region

• Bottleneck effect

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In the event of a bottleneck effect the surviving population of a species has more genetic diversity.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

In the three scales of biodiversity species diversity refers to

• The number of species in a region or habitat

• Genetic variation among individuals in a population

• The variety of habitats that exist within a given region

• the Bottleneck effect

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the most common organism? (bacterium)

In the three scales of biodiversity habitat diversity refers to

• genetic variation among individuals in a population

• the number of species in a region or habitat

• the variety of habitats that exist within a given region

• the bottleneck effect

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species that can live under a wide range of biotic/abiotic conditions in known as a

• keystone species

• specialist species

• biotic species

• generalist species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A species that can live under a very narrow range of conditions or feed on one or a very small group is known as a

• Specialist species

• Keystone Species

• Indicator Species

• Generalist Species

Species evenness is the abundance of individuals within each species.

• True

• False

The total number of species in an area is known as the

• Species Evenness

• Species Richness

• Species Numbers

• Generalist Species

The fact that ecosystems have their own value independent from our needs is known as the

• intrinsic value

• instrumental value

• regulating service