Biodiversity Quiz

Biodiversity is the variety of different _______ in an area.

• species
• herbivores

• rocks

• climates

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A bee is critical to the functioning of the ecosystem in which it lives. It affects the survival and abundance of many other species in its community. It is a(n) _______ species.

• keystone
• endangered

• threatened

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the following values with the correct type of value organisms have.

• Value related to the role of an organism in the environment

• ecological

• Value related to the financial benefits derived from organisms

• all of these

• Value encompassing ecological, economic, and recreational aspects

• economic

• Value related to leisure activities involving organisms

• recreational

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

When there are no individuals of a certain species left anywhere on Earth, they are considered _______.

• endangered

• extinct

• threatened

• keystones

Organisms provide people with jobs and the things they need to live; that gives them _______ value.

• economic

• ecological

• recreational

• niche

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

This factor affects biodiversity: (a)  

• climate
• size of the area
• genetic diversity
• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

True or False: All species in an ecosystem are connected.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

People have no influence on biodiversity: (a)   .

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the sum of all living things on Earth?

• biodiversity

• biosphere

• biome

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The number of different species in an ecosystem.

• genetic diversity

• species diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• functional diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5