What term describes a variety of species with genetic variations in an ecosystem?

• Environmental Changes

• Biodiversity

• Ecological Succession

• Organism Relationships

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Which of the following is an importance of biodiversity?

• Allows ecosystems to adjust to disturbances

• Provides a variety of food sources for organisms

• Helps organisms adjust to changes in their environment

• All of the above

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Which answer choice best explains biodiversity?

• The population of a species in an ecosystem

• The variety of species in an ecosystem

• The study of life

• The different number of biomes

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Which ecosystem has the greatest amount of biodiversity?

• Polar Regions

• Temperate Forest

• Tundra

• Tropical Rainforest

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Chipmunks have the ability to spend winter in hibernation. In which of these biomes do chipmunks live?

• Tundra

• Tropical forest

• Desert

• Temperate Forest

What kind of organisms would be found living in a tundra?

• Organisms that are adapted to live in the cold

• Organisms that are adapted to live at high altitudes

• Organisms that are adapted to live in wet conditions

• Organisms that are adapted to live in sunny conditions

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Which ecosystem has a better chance of surviving when environmental conditions change over a long period of time?

• one with a great deal of genetic diversity

• one with plants and animals but no bacteria

• one with animals and bacteria, but no plants

• one with little or no genetic diversity

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Which of the following situations contributes to the sustainability of an ecosystem?

• Increase in biodiversity

• Decrease in biodiversity

• Extinction of a population from the ecosystem

• Removal of many population of organisms

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The more diverse an ecosystem is -

• the more threatened its populations are

• the more similar the species will be

• the more sustainable it is

• the fewer varieties of species are present

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Which observation in the image supports that the log represents a microhabitat?

• Observation 1 and 2

• Observation 1, 2, and 3

• Observation 1, 2, and 4

• Observation 3 and 4

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