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Describe how biodiversity contributes to sustainability.

• As biodiversity increases, sustainability decreases

• As biodiversity increases, sustainability increases

• As biodiversity decreases, sustainability increases

• There is no relationship between biodiversity and sustainability

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Which of the following contributes most to promoting sustainability in an ecosystem?

• Lack of decomposers

• A balanced water table

• Variety of organisms

• A narrow temperature range

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High biodiversity makes it more likely that the ecosystem will be able to keep functioning after a disturbance, such as disease or natural disaster.

• True

• False

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The greater a habitat’s biodiversity, the greater will be that habitat’s

• sustainability over time

• consumption of energy in the form of sunlight

• temperature ranges across the seasons

• distance to the nearest water source.

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What is false about biodiversity

• More biodiversity makes it least likely for a species to survive a disturbance such as a Tsunami

• More biodiversity allows species to survive a disturbance such as a hurricane

• As biodiversity increases sustainability increases

• Genetic biodiversity is what makes us look and act different

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The rainforest has the greatest variety of different organisms that live there. In other words, the rainforest has the greatest ______.

• speciation
• biodiversity
• climate
• succession

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The more different types of organisms and the more relationships that can occur between organisms the greater the...

• Species Diversity

• Genetic Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

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Greater ____________________ means there are more habitats to support different types of organisms.

• Ecosystem Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Genetic Diversity

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High biodiversity makes it more likely that the ecosystem will be able to keep functioning after a disturbance, such as disease or natural disaster.

• True

• False

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A stable ecosystem typically has high biodiversity.

• True

• False

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