Biodiversity Review

What is Biodiversity?

• The different types of ecosystems in a given area.

• The biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem.

• The variety of organisms in a given area.

• The different types of habitats in an ecosystem.

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What biome is considered to have the most biodiversity?

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Desert

• Tundra

• Taiga

(a)   diversity refers to all the differences between populations of species, as well as between different species.

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Ecosystem diversity refers to

• The variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes within and between ecosystems.

• The differences between populations of species, as well as between different species.

• The different genes contained within all members of a specific hereditary trait.

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A threatened species is a species that has been indentified to be in danger of extinction.

• True

• False

What are the three levels of biodiversity?

• Habitat, ecosystem, and species

• Species, environment, habitat

• Species, ecosystem, and genetic

• All of the above

(a)   is a form of tourism that supports the conservation and sustainable development of ecologically unique areas.

How many different species is known to science?

• 1.7 billion

• 100 million

• None of the above

• 1.7 million

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Which of the following is not a major cause of extinction?

• The destruction of habitats

• Predators

• Pollution

• The over-harvesting of species

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(a)   are labeled the most threatened areas of high species diversity on Earth.

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