Biome, biodiversity, succession review

To increase biodiversity you must ______ sustainability

• increase

• decrease

• keep the same

• delete

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All of the following are examples of microhabitats EXCEPT:

• rotting log

• under rocks

• leafy plants

• a grove of trees

If an invasive species is introduced into an ecosystem it can lead to the decline of multiple species, how would this effect sustainability of an ecosystem?

• sustainability would increase

• sustainability would decrease

• sustainability would be the same

• ecosystem would immediately be unsustainable

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select the TRUE statement

• the greater the biodiversity the lower the sustainability

• the lower the biodiversity the greater the sustainability

• there is no relationship between biodiversity and sustainability

• the greater the biodiversity the greater the sustainability

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how does biodiversity contribute to sustainability? select 2!

• greater biodiversity allows a ecosystem to thrive even if one species dies out

• biodiversity only allows for limited species to survive

• biodiversity rebuilds an ecosystem after a fire

• biodiversity keeps populations in balance

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which biome would have the least biodiversity

• rainforest

• deciduous forest

• marine

• tundra

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What is a niche in an ecosystem?

• the role an organism plays in an ecosystem

• a large rock

• physical rather than biological

• relates to living things.

Humans often clear cut forests to make room for farm land. Would effect would an increase in human population have on the biodiversity of plant species if humans needed more farm land?

• as human population increases plant biodiversity increases

• as human population increases there would be no change to plant biodiversity

• as human population increases there would be a decrease in plant species

• as human population increases succession leads to increase in plants

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Where would you likely find the most variety of animal life?

• the shore of a pond with several types of plants

• on your lawn you just mowed

• on the parking lot

• in the middle of the pond

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what is the difference between a habitat and a microhabitat

• habitat is smaller than microhabitat

• microhabitat is a small or limited habitat

• a biome is found in a microhabitat not a habitat

• there is no difference