4.1 What is Biodiversity and Importance

What biome covers approximately 7% of the Earth's surface, but contains half of the plant and animal species found on land

• Taiga

• Desert

• Tropical Rain forest

• Deciduous Forest

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The ​ (a)   , is a reserve that covers an area roughly ​ (b)   of the size of ​ (c)   . It is home to more than 350 species of birds, 458 species of trees, and a whopping​ (d)   of of moths and butterflies-more moth and butterfly species than are found in all of​ (e)   .

• Serra Bonita Reserve
• 1/3
• Manhattan NYC
• 5,000 species
• North America

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Match the following

• Biomes

• The Earth's diversity of biological communities

• species diversity

• a large area with a distinct climate and certain species

• Ecosystem diversity

• the variety of life on earth

• Biodiversity

• variety of species present in an ecosystem

• Genetic diversity

• variety of genes found in a population or species

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What is demonstrated by the variations and color and banding patterns among the these Cuban land snails

• Genetic diversity

• Species diversity

• Ecosystem diversity

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Which contains the instructions, or codes called genetic information that gives rise to specific traits or characteristics

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Genes

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The Variety of processes such as energy flow and matter cycling that occur within an ecosystem is called:

• genetic diversity

• functional diversity

• species diversity

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Which component of diversity generally concerns the variety of ecological roles organisms play in their communities and the impact these roles have on the overall ecosystem

• functional

• genetic

• ecosystem

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More than 1 species may share the same ​ (a)   , such as when two animals that are ​ grazers share the same feeding ​ (b)   . If an ecosystem contains many species that share ​ (c)   , that ecosystem will be better able to withstand some ​ (d)   without losing functionality.

• function
• strategy
• functional traits
• species loss

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