Biodiversity Review

The number of different species of plants and animals in area refers to what vocabulary word?

• Speciation
• Biodiversity
• Extinct
• Ecosystem

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How does an invasive species affect an ecosystem?

• The invasive species interacts with all of the living organisms in a non-competitive way
• The invasive species travels between multiple different ecosystems or habitats to find food
• The invasisve species solely depends on birds for its food supply
• The invasisve species can disrupt biodiversity and food webs by competing with or harming species native to that ecosystem

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An ecosystem is�

• a system consisting of all of the interactions that occur between the abiotic and biotic factors within an environment
• a group of individuals of the same species that occupies the same geographical area and who interact with each other
• the populations of all the species that occupy the same geographic area
• organisms and the physical environment in which they live

Which example refres to an abiotic factor?

• Fish swimming in an ocean
• Oxygen dissolving in the water
• Trees growing
• Animals surviving in an ecosystem

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An ecosystem is more likely to recover from a natural disaster like flooding if it has higher species richness and higher species abundance.

• True

• False

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Which site has the greatest biodiversity?

• Site A

• Site B

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What is THE most major cause of extinction today?

• habitat destruction by humans
• poaching
• disease
• hunting

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Biodiversity refers to

• extinct species
• the variety of species on Earth
• nonrenewable resources
• the rate of species decline

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Some species are so important to the functioning  of an ecosystem that they are called

• keystone species
• cornerstone species
• essential species
• exotic species

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A drought has hit this grassland biome. How will this effect the rabbit population?

• The rabbits will increase in number.
• The rabbit population will stay the same.
• The rabbit population will decrease.
• The rabbit population will become extinct immediately.

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