Biodiversity: Pre-Assessment

Which of these human activities is impacting global biodiversity?

• Overfishing

• Deforestation (cutting down forests)

• Creating dams for power

• Growth of urban centers (cities)

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following are factors that affect biodiversity?

• Climate

• Poaching

• Pollution

• Area

• Niche Diversity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Why is biodiversity in an ecosystem so important?

• Because it can help humans where to determine good places to develop farm land.

• Because places that have a healthy biodiversity are unaffected by major disturbances.

• Because having a high biodiversity allows ecosystems to withstand major changes.

• Because having a high biodiversity allows for fewer opportunities of competition for similar resources.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A biome with four seasons, plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.

• wetland
• deciduous forest
• coniferous forest
• marine

Maintaining ________ is important to keep an ecosystem healthy.

• pollutants
• biodiversity
• sunlight
• interactions

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What has a higher biodiversity: a rain forest or a temperate forest?

• Rain forest

• Temperate Forest

• They have a similar biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features

• Dynamic equilibrium

• Biome

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem services

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

• rainforest
• desert
• Grasslands
• coniferous forest

What is biodiversity?

• All life on the planet.

• The number of organisms in a specific ecosystem.

• The total variety of all life on Earth.

• The variety of animals on Earth.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Biodiversity is greater

• At the poles

• At the equator

• At the middle latitudes

• Nowhere...it is equal across the globe.