1E Biodiversity Prove Mastery

A region that includes tigers, eagles, lizards, fish, rabbits, and many other types of organisms would be described as having a high level of

• taxonomic diversity.
• genetic diversity.
• ecosystem diversity.
• species diversity.

Differences in DNA composition, but organisms of the same species

• species diversity
• ecosystem diversity
• variation
• genetic diversity

Scientists believe we are currently in the 6th mass extinction event and the driving force is humans

• false
• true

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?

• It has remained at the same level.
• It has decreased only slightly.
• It has decreased dramatically.
• It has increased dramatically.

A biodiversity ________________ has a significant variety of species that are threatened by destruction.

• hotspot
• place
• habitat
• ecosystem

High levels of biodiversity tend to

• have little or no effect on ecosystems.
• decrease an ecosystem’s resistance.
• make an ecosystem less resilient.
• increase the stability of an ecosystem.

Different genes contained within a population.

• genetic biodiversity
• ecosystem diversity
• biodiversity
• habitat biodiversity

A region that includes tigers, eagles, lizards, fish, rabbits, and many other types of organisms would be described as having a high level of

• genetic biodiversity
• ecosystem diversity
• species biodiversity
• habitat biodiversity

Program that has helped return threatened species to the wild.

• captive breeding
• poaching
• endemic species
• biotechnology

When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt, what will occur?

• extinction
• evolution
• genetic drift
• speciation