Biological Diversity

Which two characteristics show variation as a result of inherited factors only?

• blood group

• pierced ears

• number of freckles

• natural eye colour

• height

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Define ecosystem diversity

• variety of environments and their organisms in a given area

• variation of genes within a species or population in a given area

• variety of life in Earth's land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems

• changes to an ecosystem that affect how the parts of it interact

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which statement best describes an example of low species diversity?

• A population of frogs has a wide variety of skin colors

• A marsh ecosystem is covered by a single species of cattail bulrushes

• A state park includes multiple forest, wetland, and freshwater ecosystems

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A group of organisms that are similar enough to be in the same category that can reproduce together to pass on their genes.

• Organism

• Species

• Breed

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• diversity within species

• diversity between species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which habitat has the highest species richness?

• A

• B

• C

• More information is needed

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

As you increase the latitude (get closer to the poles), what happens to the biodiversity?

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Levels get increasingly specific from?

• kingdom to species

• phylum to genus

• mammalia to family

• order to family

Which species tend to go extinct more frequently?

• narrow niche creatures

• broad niche creatures

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

the differentiation of niches that enables similar species to coexist in a community

• character displacement

• climax community

• resource partitioning

• pioneer species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5