APES Unit 2 Biodiversity

A _________ is a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area or interbreeding & sharing genetic information.

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A(n) ________ species is one that provides a product that is of direct value to people.

• Utilitarian

• Endangered

• Keystone

• Indicator

Organize these reasons for valuing biodiversity into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Moral Reasons

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(b) Theological Reasons

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(c) Ecological Reasons

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(d) Aesthetic Reasons

• These animals were here first so they deserve to live

• Without spiders, there would be too many other bugs

• Plants have done nothing to harm the planet.

• This species plays an important role in my religion

• Giant Sequoias are majestic

• Sea Otters are vital to coastal ecosystems

• Life was created by this deity, so it is sacred

• tigers are really beautiful

Match the following terms with their definition.

• the relative abundance of species

• Species Richness

• the most abundant species

• Species Dominance

• the total # of different species

• Species Evenness

A Simpson's Diversity Index of 1 is ​ ​ (a)   ​

• low

• high

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Populations that are ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   genetically diverse are more likely to recover from disruptions.

• larger
• more

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Reorder the following events describing cheetahs after leaving North America about 100,000 years ago:

• Cheetah diversity once again decreased drastically.

• The emigrating cheetahs spread out into isolated groups

• Climate change caused the death of many large mammals including most cheetahs.

• Genetic diversity in cheetah populations decreased

• Separated groups could not interbreed

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Organize these options into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Factors that Increase Diversity

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(b) Factors that Decrease Diversity

• geographic isolation

• middle stages of succession

• physically diverse habitat

• environmental stress

• high diversity of producers

• extreme amounts of disturbance

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Organize these Ecosystem Services into the right categories,

Groups:

(a) Provisioning

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(b) Regulating

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(c) Cultural

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(d) Support

• the beauty of National Parks

• Pest management

• nutrient cycling

• student field trips

• underground oil for fuel

• rainforests containing medicinal plants

• formation of soil

• Water partitioning

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Deforestation decreases the rate of ​ (a)   in an area which decreases the primary productivity of that area. The decrease in primary productivity demonstrates a decrease in the ​ (b)   service supplied by the forest.

• photosynthesis
• support
• provisioning

• regulating
• cultural

• tourism

• decomposition

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