ES_O4_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

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

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

What does biodiversity mean?

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

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

• a limiting measure
• a limiting factor
• factorization
• materialization of precipitation

number of organisms per certain area

• carrying capacity
• limiting factor
• total population
• population density

Why is biodiversity important in fighting disease in food crops?

• It prevents one disease from wiping out an entire food crop.
• It prevents habitat loss of native species.
• It provides different foods for different populations.
• It prevents fungal disease from wiping out corn crops.

Forests are often preserved to protect biodiversity. This helps preserve the unique characteristics of the organisms that live there. Sometimes these forests are divided into separate sections that are spread out instead of one continuous forest. This is known as forest fragmentation. Which types of organisms will be the least likely to be affected by forest fragmentation?

• herbivorous birds that are able to migrate great distances
• omnivores that hibernate in winter in order to conserve energy
• omnivores that burrow underground deep in to the soil.
• herbivorous mammals that are dependent upon specific plants for food

Organisms with a ___________ gene pool have a __________ chance of surviving

• smaller, lesser

• larger,greater

• smaller, greater

• larger, smaller

The hottest spots for species diversity are close to the _____________.

• Coast

• Florida

• Equator

• Poles