Biodiversity Index

Biodiversity is the variety of _________________ living in a particular area

• plants

• animals

• plants and animals

• living organisms

Which of the following is likely to have the lowest levels of biodiversity?

• The Sahara desert

• Australia

• Tropical rainforest

• Canada

What are the 3 levels of biodiversity?

• ecosystem, community, genetic

• habitat, species, genetic

• ecosystem, species, genetic

• habitat, population, phenotypic

The number of different species present in an area is called...?

• habitat diversity

• species diversity

• species richness

• species evenness

Genetic diversity is the number of different _____________ present in

a species, organism or population

• genes

• alleles

• genes and alleles

• chromosomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Simpson's Index is a useful measure of species diversity because...

• It can be calculated from sample data

• It can be used to infer the ecological stability of an area/ecosystem

• It takes into account species richness and evenness

• It allows us to make comparisons between different areas

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

• The total number of organisms

• The Simpson's Diversity Index

• sum of

• The number of organisms of a particular species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

What does this symbol mean, 'N'?

• The total number of organisms

• The Simpson's Diversity Index

• sum of

• The number of organisms of a particular species

What does this symbol mean, 'n'?

• The total number of organisms

• The Simpson's Diversity Index

• sum of

• The number of organisms of a particular species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

The calculated value of Simpson's Index should be between __ and __

• 1 and 10

• 0 and 1

• 0 and 20

• 1 and 20