Biodiversity Quiz

What is biodiversity?

• The total of all different forms of genes present in a particular species or population

• The variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes in a biome

• The number of different species in a biome, ecosystem, or habitat

• The total of all genetically-based variation in all organisms in an environment

What is ecosystem diversity?

• The total of all different forms of genes present in a particular species or population

• The number of different species in a biome, ecosystem, or habitat

• The variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes in a biome

• The total of all genetically-based variation in all organisms in an environment

What is species diversity?

• The variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes in a biome

• The total of all different forms of genes present in a particular species or population

• The total of all genetically-based variation in all organisms in an environment

• The number of different species in a biome, ecosystem, or habitat

What is genetic diversity?

What are the benefits of biodiversity?

• Offering invaluable contributions to medicine and agriculture

• Enabling organisms and ecosystems to adapt to environmental change

• None of the above

• Both A and B

How does biodiversity contribute to medicine?

• None of the above

• By providing financial benefits

• By offering health-related benefits and uses

• By enabling organisms to adapt to environmental change

How does biodiversity contribute to agriculture?

• By providing financial benefits

• By improving resistance to disease, pests, or changing climate

• By offering health-related benefits and uses

• None of the above

How does biodiversity affect ecosystem resilience?

• By enabling organisms to adapt to environmental change

• By changing ecosystem structure and function

• By increasing community biodiversity

• None of the above

What are ecosystem services?

• Benefits provided by diverse ecosystems to plants

• Benefits provided by diverse ecosystems to animals

• None of the above

• Benefits provided by diverse ecosystems to humans

What is the most informative way to measure biodiversity?

• Species richness

• None of the above

• Species diversity

• Relative species abundance