Biodiversity Assessment

Which habitat exhibits the greatest biodiversity?

• A habitat with 15 different species with about 300 individuals each
• A habitat with 10 different species with about 75 individuals each
• A habitat with 4 different species with about 150 individuals each
• A habitat with only one species with about 2000 individual

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Define genetic diversity

• a variety of genes and traits within a species

• a variety of ecosystems in a given area

• system made up of all the living and nonliving things in a given area

• a variety of species in an ecosystem

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What are the 3 types of biodiversity (SELECT 3)

• Genetic

• Species

• Ecosystem

• Size

• Biotic

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Secondary succession begins

• on bare, exposed rock.

• after a disturbance like a wildfire.

What is a keystone species?

• A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

• Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

• A species that lives in or around rocks

• A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

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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

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A solution to habitat fragmentation is

• building ecosystem ladders

• building more zoos

• building more islands

• building wildlife corridors

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A hurricane is a(n) ___ disturbance.

• anthropogenic

• natural

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Which type of succession occurs on freshly formed on barren land?

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

What do we call the first species that colonize a new area?

• Foreign Species

• Pioneer Species

• Intraspecies

• Interspecies