Bell Work 3/27 - Biodiversity

What is the species richness of the community?

Species richness is

• a measure of how all of the individual organisms in an ecosystem are balanced between the different species.

• the total number of different species found in an ecosystem

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

• Genetic

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

• Surviving

• 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.

• biodiversity

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

• ecological

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EEn2.7.2

​ (a)   protection of water resources, soil formation and protection, nutrient storage and recycling, pollution breakdown, helps climate stability, maintenance of ecosystems, recovery from unpredictable events.

• Ecosystems Services
• Biological services
• Social Benefits

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EEn2.7.2

Which of these drawings would be found in a healthy ecosystem?

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Which one below is a food web?

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When there is higher biodiversity

• more organisms are likely to die because they can't adapt to environmental changes.
• there is less diversity.
• there is more diversity and higher sustainability of life.
• there is more diversity and lower sustainability of life

High biodiversity is 

• having a lot of the same organism.
• having a few of the same organism.
• having a lot of variety of different organisms.
• only having one of each organism. 

This picture is a great example of ____________ biodiversity.

• high
• moderate
• low
• hhhmmmm there is no way to know without counting.