Environmental Science - Chapter 10 - Biodiversity

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

• Biotic are non-living things
• Abiotic are living organisms
• Biotic is life,
  Abiotic is non-living
• Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

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 Which biome is more likely to survive a change in the environment?

• High (rich) biodiversity
• Low (poor) biodiversity

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The illegal capture or killing of an organism, often for money, is called...

• poaching
• harvesting
• fragementation
• extinction

In this tundra food web, if grasses were removed what would happen to the sustainability of the ecosystem?

• There would be an overpopulation of arctic hares and lemmings.
• Polar bears would move to a new ecosystem
• The ecosystem would collapse because it lost its main producer
• Wildflowers would die out from the ecosystem

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Which biome is the least biodiverse?

• Grasslands

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Rainforest

Which best describes having a wide variety of ecosystems in a region or across the planet?

• genetic diversity

• species diversity

• ecosystem diversity

The Irish potato famine occurred because all potato plants were susceptible to and infected by a particular fungus. The potato plants were killed by lack of

• genetic diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• species diversity

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Which ecosystem described below has the most species diversity?

• Mrs. Bowers' fish tank - 1 fish, 2 types of plants

• A corn field

• A meadow with flowers, grasses, bees, other insects

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Which of the following leads to a decrease in biodiversity?

• introduction of invasive species

• prevention of erosion

• ecological land use planning

• pollution control

Illegal hunting for profit is called

• sport hunting.

• poaching.

• commercial hunting.

• subsistence hunting.