Biodiversity review

Where are most biodiversity hotspots located?

• North pole

• South Pole

• Near Equator

Which shows more biodiversity Image A or Image B. Why?

• Image B is more biodiverse, because shows more different species than image A.

• Image A is more biodiverse, because shows a greater number of organisms that image B

• Both images show the same biodiversity

• Both image show no biodiversity.

_____________ refers to all the different kinds of living organisms within a given area.

• Ecology

• Biodiversity

• Plant Life

• None of the Above

the stability of an ecosystem depends on 2 factors

• natural and human-caused disturbances

• weather and climate

• ecosystem resilience and resistance

• independent and dependent variables

In the past hundred years, biodiversity around the world has ____________ dramatically?

• Increased

• Decreased

two types of ecological disturbance are

• animals and plants

• abiotic and biotic

• natural and human-caused

• weather and climate

Select all of the correct answers that indicate ecological services provided by biodiversity.

• Purification of air and water

• Decomposition of wastes

• Trash services

• Control of pests

In which type of interaction does one animal eat another for energy and nutrients?

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Mutualism

Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship in which what occurs between the organisms?

• both organisms are harmed

• one benefits, the other is unaffected

• one benefits, the other is harmed

• one benefits by eating the other

Which interaction type is it when different male lions strive to find territories?

• Intraspecific Competition

• Interspecific Competition

• Commensalism

• Mutualism