Ecosystem Stability and Biodiversity

Ecosystem Stability means that an ecosystem can stay ​ (a)   and ​ over time.

• healthy and balanced
• Unstable and unbalanced

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What can cause an ecosystem to be unstable?

• Deforestation

• Pollution

• Invasive species

• All of these

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Ecosystems with ​ (a)   biodiversity are more likely to remain stable.

• more
• less

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What word means having a lot of different plants, animals, and other living things in an ecosystem?

• Biodiversity

• Evolution

• macromolecule

• biosphere

When biodiversity decreases it makes the ecosystem ​ (a)   stable.

• less
• more

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 if there are fewer bees, there will be less pollination, which means there will be

• Less flowers and fruit

• More flowers and fruit

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When an ecosystem loses organisms it can lead to (select 2)

• An unstable environment

• More biodiversity

• More resources

• Less resources

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​ (a)   have the largest biomass

• Producers
• consumers

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If there weren't enough producers, there would be ​ (a)   food to support the consumers.

• not enough
• too much

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​ A ​ (a)   is an animal that hunts and eats another animal, called the ​ (b)  

• predator
• prey

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