Biodiversity Quiz 1

In ecology, the term biodiversity refers to...

• shapes of rocks in a riverbed
• number of stars in the sky
• types of clouds in the atmosphere
• variety of living organisms in a particular area

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Which of these habitats is the most biodiverse?

• Habitat A

• Habitat B

• Habitat C

• They have equal biodiversity

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Match the type of biodiversity with how it is measured

• unctions performed by species in an ecosystem

• Species Evenness

• Even distribution of species in a community

• Species Richness

• Number of different species in a given area

• Functional Biodiversity

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How did you measure the biodiversity of the courtyard and of the tree in the cloud forest?

• Species richness

• Functional biodiversity

• Species evenness

• Species index

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What question(s) should an ecologist consider when measuring biodiversity?

• What "counts" as two different species?

• Should we include dead individuals that we find?

• How will we avoid counting the same species twice?

• All of the above

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Which of these habitats has the greatest species evenness?

• Habitat A

• Habitat B

• Habitat C

• Habitat D

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