Biodiversity Ms. Dunn 6th Grade Science

What is biodiversity?

• different organisms living together

• different species living together

• different biomes

• the climate of an area

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What is extinction?

• a species that is endangered in becoming extinct

• a species that is going to be endangered in the future

• a species that invades another ecosystem

• a species that is no longer on Earth

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What are the factors affecting biodiversity?

• climate

  area

  niche

• ecosystem

  species

  genetic

• biotic and abiotic factors

• climate

  species

  niche

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What are the features of biodiversity?

• climate

  area

  niche

• biotic and abiotic factors

• ecosystem

  genetic

  species

• climate

  genetic

  niche

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What is an invasive species?

• a species that will become threatened

• a species that will become endangered

• a species that is no longer on Earth

• a species that invades an ecosystem

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Depending on the size of the ecosystem will depend on the amount of species.

• True

• False

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What is a threatened species

• a species that is no longer on Earth

• a species that could become endangered

• a species that could become extinct

• a species that invades an ecosystem

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What is a keystone species?

• A species has a particular role.

• A species that invades an ecosystem.

• A species that is endangered.

• A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.

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What are the main causes of extinction. Pick ALL that are correct.

(more than one answer)

• poaching

• habitat destruction

• invasive species

• biodiversity

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What is the most biodiverse land ecosystem?

• coral reefs

• tundra

• temperate rainforest

• tropical

  rainforest

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