APES: Biodiversity and Conservation 2026

What is the number of different habitats available in a given area?

• genetic diversity

• species diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• species eveness

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the difference in the genes of individuals within a population (group of the same species)?

• genetic diversity

• species diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• ecosystem resilience

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is the total number of different species found in an ecosystem?

• species richness

• species evenness

• Shannon Weiner index

• Ecosystem diversity

What is a measure of how all of the individual organisms in an ecosystem are balanced between the different species?

• species richness

• species evenness

• shannon weiner index

• genetic diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following is an index used to calculate richness and evenness to measure biodiversity?

• Genetic diversity

• Ecosystem diversity

• Biodiversity Calculator

• Shannon Weiner

What is an environmental disturbance that drastically reduces population size and kills organisms regardless of their genome?

• Shannon Index

• Bottleneck Event

• Inbreeding Depression

• Ecosystem Resilience

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

When organisms mate with closely related family members resulting in a higher chance of offspring having harmful genetic mutations

• bottleneck event

• inbreeding depression

• island biogeography

• genetic biodiversity

Which of the following decreases genetic diversity? Select all that apply

• Designating areas National Parks

• bottleneck events

• inbreeding

• wildlife corridors

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the ability of an ecosystem to return to its original conditions after a major disturbance?

• bottleneck event

• inbreeding

• resilience

• wildlife corridor

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What is the study of ecological relationships and community structure on islands?

• Island biogeography

• Ecosystem biodiversity

• Environmental Indicator

• Island structure