Biodiversity in Ecosystems Review

Habitat restoration can have a positive impact on biodiversity in an area.

• True
• False

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Changing a habitat so much that it is no longer usable by the organisms that live there.

• Reclamation
• Overexploitation
• Habitat destruction

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Which of the following best describes reforestration?

• Reforestration involves moving trees out of the way.
• Reforestration involves hiring a company to put in a new forest.
• Reforestration involves planting trees that have been cut or burned down.

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Earth has _____________ major land biomes.

• Four
• Five
• Seven

A stable ecosystem is often described as being in a state of ___________________.

• Ecosystem equilibrium
• Genetic diveristy
• Dynamic equilibrium

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What does the word sustainable mean?

• Able to be maintained without causing harm
• To throw something away
• Relating to biology or to life and living things

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Which is NOT an aquatic ecosystem?

• Taiga
• Freshwater
• Estuary

Tropical rain forests and coral reefs are examples of ecosystem with low biodiversity.

• True
• False

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four main types of ecosystem services?

• Supporting services
• Provisioning services
• Washing services

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Reclamation is the process of restoring land disturbed by _______________.

• weather changes
• mining
• habitat deconstruction