Biodiversity

What is happening to the biodiversity of the aquatic ecosystem as a result of the Great Barrier Reef dying?

• Increased

• Decreased

• Stayed the same

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All of the different organisms interacting in a pond make up

• a community

• a population

• the habitat

• an organism

This diagram provides information on the diversity, in number of species, for four major groups of animals over time. What is the only group that experienced an increase of diversity between 413 million years ago and 265 million years ago?

• Mollusks

• Echinoderms

• Arthropods

• Chordates

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Which factor is most likely to cause the number of rabbits living in an area to increase?

• less water

• fewer predators

• lack of shelter

• limited food

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True or false: An ecosystem with high genetic diversity is healthier than an ecosystem with low genetic diversity.

• True

• False

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Which island would be the most biodiverse?

• Small island far from the mainland

• Small island close to the mainland

• Large island close to the mainland

• Large island far from the mainland

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The maintenance of species and genetic diversity is considered a ___ service.

• cultural

• provisioning

• supporting

• regulating

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Based on the graph shown, what is the effect of removing a keystone species on an ecosystem?

• richness oscillates between extremes

• richness stabilizes

• richness increases

• richness decreases

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Which community has higher species evenness?

• Community A

• Community B

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What is the species richness of the community?

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