Living Environment State Lab Relationships in Biodiversity

What does the root "bio" mean...

• living

• nonliving

• toxic

• variety

The level of biodiversity that involves a variety of habitats is _____ diversity.

• ecosystem

• population

• genetic

• species

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Define species diversity

• a variety of genes and traits within a species

• a variety of ecosystems in a given area

• system made up of all the living and nonliving things in a given area

• a variety of species in an ecosystem

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Things of value that ecosystems provide for free are called ___________________.

• ecosystem services

• ecosystem diversity

• food services

• species diversity

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living factors in the environment

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Equilibrium

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1. a variety of different organisms in an ecosystem or biome

• Biodiversity

• Limiting Factor

• Secondary Succession

• Abiotic factors

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the changing sequence of communities that live in an ecosystem during a given time period

• biodiversity

• Ecological Succession

• equilibrium

• pioneer species

dominant community of plants and animals that come to live in an area

• Biodiversity

• Limiting Factor

• Climax Community

• Abiotic Factors

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a community of interacting living organisms and the physical environment that they live in - contains biotic and abiotic factors

• Primary succession

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic factors

• Limiting factor

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Which of the following best describes the role of keystone species in an ecosystem?

• They are the most abundant species in the ecosystem.

• They have a disproportionately large impact on their environment relative to their abundance.

• They are the primary producers in the ecosystem.

• They are the top predators in the ecosystem.

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