Biodiversity

What does biodiversity mean?

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

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Image "B" shows more biodiversity than image "A". Why?

• Because "B" shows more different species than image "A"

• Because image "B" has less different species than "A"

• "A" has a greater number of same species plants so this statement is wrong.

• Both images show the same biodiversity

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Biodiversity is important to keep an area (biome) healthy. In this example "Food Web A" is sustainable. Why is sustainability important for an ecosystem in "Food Web A".

• If one organism is removed the food web can still operate (work) with little or no negative effect.

• If an organism is removed the food web will collapse and will affect the environment.

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Food Web B is an example of...

• Low biodiversity and low sustainability. If the producer dies then all the food web will suffer.

• High biodiversity and high sustainability. If an organism is removed the food web will continue with no effect.

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Soccer fields are most often made of one single type of grass. What type of biodiversity do sports fields show?

• High "Rich" biodiversity because there is only one type of producer.

• Low "Poor" biodiversity because there is only one type of producer.

Great Biodiversity = Great Sustainability

• True

• False

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In this food web example you can see that rain forests have many producers consumer and predators. How would you describe the rain forest biome?

• It has high "rich" biodiversity

• It has low "poor" biodiversity.

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Biodiversity is best described as...

• the amount of different species of organisms (plants and animals) living in the same area.

• when only a few species inhabit an area.

• when only one organism (plants and animals) is found living in one area.

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Why is "A" less biodiverse than "B"?

• Image "A" is more biodiverse.

• Image "A" has many corn plants and this makes it have high "rich" biodiversity.

• Image "A" has a lot more plants than image "B"

• Even though "A" has a lot of corn plants they are all the same species and makes this a low "poor" biodiverse area.

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Tropical rainforests are found in

• Near Equator

• 40° away from equator

• At high altitude

• In polar regions