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The greatest variety of species of living organisms is found in a(an)

• rainforest 
• taiga
• desert
• freshwater

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What is biodiversity?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

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What is sustainability?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

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a careful preservation and protection of something; especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect.

• ecofriendly

• preserve

• natural resources

• conservation

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A forest is most sustainable when it has -

• tall trees only.

• small shrubs only.

• flowering plants only.

• a variety of plant species.

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A stable ecosystem can have high biodiversity

because each species in that ecosystem

• occupies a different niche

• inhabits a different environment

• is part of a different community

• lives in a different biosphere

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Biodiversity means..

• The variety of life in an ecosystem

• How an ecosystem changes over time

• Differences among humans

• Diversity of a select few species in a deserted area

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Biodiversity occurs in all except..

• Genes

• Abiotic factors

• Species

• Ecosystem

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High biodiversity = more _____

• stable

• unstable

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Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

• It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.

• It increases at each level of the food chain.

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