Biodiversity/Niches

What does the word biodiversity mean?

• Bio = life

  Diversity = same

• Bio = Earth

  Diversity = variety

• Bio = life

  Diversity = variety

• Bio = Earth

  Diversity = same

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The ecological role an organism performs in its specific environment is considered the organism's...

• Habitat

• Biome

• Population

• Niche

Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores belong to which niche?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Scavenger

• Decomposer

An organism's _______ is defined as the specific environment in which it lives.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Social Hierarchy

• Ecosystem

Which of the following is an example of a niche?

• A rabbit lives inside of a burrow.

• A rabbit can be found in a forest ecosystem.

• A rabbit eats grass. The rabbits help keep the grass population balanced.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The biodiversity of an ecosystem will decrease if...

• Organisms are added to an ecosystem.

• Organisms remain the same in an ecosystem.

• Organisms are removed from an ecosystem.

• Not enough information.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An ecosystem that has a greater number of species is more likely to withstand a disturbance than an ecosystem of the same size with a lower number of species.

• True

• False

• Not enough information.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An ecosystem that contains a variety of species will be more successful than one that has only a few.

• True

• False

• Not enough information

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An ecosystem that is high in biodiversity it said to be a(n) _______ ecosystem.

• Unstable

• Disrupted

• Unbalanced

• Stable

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

__________ is all of the different types of living things on Earth.

• A species

• Biodiversity

• A population

• An ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5