Biodiversity

Which of the following is a threat to biodiversity?

• habitat rehabilitation

• reforestration

• overexploitation

• tree planting

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True or false: An ecosystem with high genetic diversity is healthier than an ecosystem with low genetic diversity.

• True

• False

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Has high number of different species living in an ecosystem.

• Low biodiversity

• High Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

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What is the definition of biodiversity?

• The variety of different species in an area

• The number of individuals of a particular species in an area

• The variety of different species and the number of individuals within each species

• The variety of different species and the number of individuals within each species in an area

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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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a species that is not native to a particular region and has no natural predators and little competition

• consumer species

• producer species

• invasive species

• adapted species

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Why are invasive species such a problem in their new ecosystem?

• a. The new ecosystem isn't adapted to their presence

• b. The new ecosystem is probably weaker than the native one
• c. They have mutations making them more adapted to the new ecosystem
• d. They cause mutations in the native species

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Which of the following is NOT a type of  biodiversity?

• species
• genetic
• ecosystem
• individual

A plant nursery only grew one type of tomato. All of their tomatoes died from the same disease. What was most likely true of the tomato plant population?

• a. It had too little biodiversity
• b. It had a lot of resistance to disease
• c. It had a few plants that were resistant to disease
• d. It had too much genetic variation

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In what way are humans most impacting the biodiversity of ecosystems around the world?

• a. We are putting too many organisms in zoos or keeping them as pets
• b. We are increasing biodiversity by breeding new species
• c. We are destroying the habitats of a large number of species
• d. Recreational hunting

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