Biodiversity Test

Which of the following is NOT part of overall biodiversity? Check all that apply.

• ecosystem diversity

• planetary diversity

• species diversity

• genetic diversity

• subspecies diversity

By far, the biggest cause of biodiversity loss today is due to

• climate change

• overharversting

• pollution

• habitat change and fragmentation

In the United States, what is the major law that protects biodiversity?

• Convention on Biological Diversity

• Species Survival Plan

• Endangered Species Act

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

When organisms are separated by mountains or large bodies of water (separated habitats), this is an example of

• habitat fragmentation

• invasive species

• mass extinction

• species fragments

A non-native species that spreads widely in a community is called

• exotic

• invasive

• keystone

• endangered

What does the term biodiversity hotspot best refer to?

• zoos and aquariums around the world

• mass extinctions that have occurred

• wildlife corridors around the world

• an area that supports a large number of native species

An economic approach where a conservation organization raises money and offers to pay off a portion of a nation's debt in exchange for conservation relief is called

• debt-for-nature swap

• species survival plan

• wildlife corridor

• conservation concessions

High levels of biodiversity tend to

• have no effect on an ecosystem

• depends on the ecosystem

• increase the stability of an ecosystem

• decrease the stability of an ecosystem

In an effort to save threatened or endangered species, zoos and botanical gardens become centers for this

• cloning

• captive breeding

• non-native species

• invasive species

What occurs when humans hunt, fish, or harvest a species faster than it can be replenished in a population?

• poaching

• pollution

• climate change

• overharvesting