Biodiversity Vocabulary Quiz

What is biodiversity?

• The destruction of forests

• The variety of life in an ecosystem

• The interaction between predators and prey

• The abiotic factors in an environment

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What is an ecosystem?

• A group of predators hunting prey

• All living and nonliving things interacting in a specific area

• A single organism's habitat

• A biome with low biodiversity

What does deforestation refer to?

• The loss of biodiversity in a habitat

• The cutting down of forests for human use

• The process of ecological succession

• The increase in predator populations

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What is a habitat?

• An animal's role in the food chain

• The place where an organism lives

• A type of decomposer

• A mutually beneficial relationship

Which of the following is biotic?

• Rocks and soil

• Sunlight and water

• Plants and animals

• Temperature and humidity

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Which of these is an abiotic factor?

• Trees in a forest

• Fish in a lake

• Rocks in the soil

• Mushrooms in the soil

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What is a consumer?

• An organism that produces its own food

• An organism that eats other organisms for energy

• An organism that breaks down dead material

• An abiotic factor in an ecosystem

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What does a decomposer do?

• Hunts prey for food

• Breaks down dead organisms into nutrients

• Consumes producers for energy

• Competes for resources with other organisms

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What is a predator?

• An organism that eats plants only

• An organism that hunts and eats other organisms

• An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis

• An organism that breaks down dead matter

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What is an omnivore?

• An organism that eats only plants

• An organism that eats only animals

• An organism that eats both plants and animals

• An organism that decomposes organic material