Intro to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Biodiversity, aka biological diversity, usually refers to

• the number of people on Earth

• the variety of species on Earth

• the number of animal species in a specific area

• the number of plant species in a specific area

species that are native to and found only within a limited area

• endemic

• exotic

• endangered

• extinct

Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

• It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.

• It increases at each level of the food chain.

Define genetic diversity

• variation of genes within a species or population in a given area

• variety of ecosystems in a given area

• system made up of all the living and nonliving things in a given area

• disturbance in the environment conditions that cause genetic changes to occur in organisms

Define ecosystem diversity

• variety of ecosystems in a given area

• variation of genes within a species or population in a given area

• variety of life in Earth's land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems

• changes to an ecosystem that affect how the parts of it interact

What is an example of a human disturbance?

• Deforestation

• Drought

• Tsunami

• Changing Seasons

Which community has higher species evenness?

• Community A

• Community B

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

• True

• False

Match the following statements with the correct words.

• This type of diversity refers to the ways that species interact with each other & their environment

• ecological

• This type of diversity refers to the number of species & abundance of species in a particular place

• Genetic

• This type of diversity is the variation in genes within a species.

• biodiversity

• Organisms with a large gene pool have a great chance of ____ than a population w/limited variability

• Species

• The variety of life found on Earth.

• Surviving

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In general, as you move from the poles to the equator, biodiversity...

• Increases

• Decreases

• Remains the same