Biodiversity Sustainability, Food Web Watershed 1

Water always flows...

• From cold temperatures to warm temperatures

• From north to south

• From low elevation to high elevation

• From high elevation to low elevation

What is the name of the area of land that water flows across on its way to a larger body of water?

• Water Table

• Watershed

• Surface Water

• Runoff

If an ecosystem has a very high biodiversity, what else is true about the ecosystem?

• It is a desert

• It is very cold

• It has high sustainability

• It has very few organisms

In a stable ecosystem, what type of organisms should we see the most of? (think of your energy pyramid!)

• Producers

• Primary consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Apex Predators

Mrs. Thomas visited 3 different ecosystems to collect specimens because she is rich. She visited a semi-grassy area in a tundra and rich wooded area in the Deciduous forest. She collected 10 different types of species from the Tundra and 98 different types of species from the Deciduous Forest. Which ecosystem is the MOST sustainable from Mrs. Thjomas's trip

• Tundra

• Desert

• Deciduous forest

• Rainforest

What is true about sustainability?

• Having a small number of species increases biodiversity

• Sustainability is how organisms change over time

• Sustainability is how much rainfall and sunlight an ecosystem receives

• The more different types of species you have (biodiversity) the better an ecosystem can sustain itself

A certain area of the Indian ocean is expected to dry up and become a desert over thousands of years. What will happen to the sustainability of this ocean?

• Sustainability would increase because the number of species would increase

• Sustainability would remain the same

• Sustainability would decrease because the number of species would decrease

• Not enough information is given

What is false about biodiversity

• More biodiversity makes it least likely for a species to survive a disturbance such as a Tsunami

• More biodiversity allows species to survive a disturbance such as a hurricane

• As biodiversity increases sustainability increases

• Genetic biodiversity is what makes us look and act different

Analyze the food web above. Which animal from Mr. Wiggin's backyard zoo receives the most energy originally produced by the plants in the food web?

• Rabbit

• Frog

• Owl

• Snake

According to this food web, which of consumers are apex consumers?

• leopard

• rhino

• tree

• vulture