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WorksheetsBiodiversity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is biodiversity?
a)
The variation of life found on earth + the variations within the species.
b)
Same as species diversity
c)
The variation of life.
d)
The variation of alleles.
2.
How can genetic diversity aid in a species lifestyle?
a)
function, appearance, environment
b)
environment, function, cleanliness
c)
appearance, behavior, environment
d)
behavior, function, appearance
3.
About how many identified species are there?
a)
7.1
b)
1.7
c)
17
d)
17.1
4.
What area has the greatest diversity in their tree species?
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
India
d)
West Indies
5.
True or False?
Small island ecosystems have
lower biodiversity than large island/mainland ecosystems.
Small island ecosystems have
lower biodiversity than large island/mainland ecosystems.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What is a hotspot?
a)
where forest fires occur more than 7 times a year
b)
place with low biodiversity, threatened by human activity
c)
place with high biodiversity, threatened by human activity
d)
where you can connect to the internet
7.
What hypothesis states that large areas have more biodiversity and smaller areas have less biodiversity?
a)
Evolutionary Speed Hypothesis
b)
Interspecific Interaction Hypothesis
c)
Ambient Energy Hypothesis
d)
Geographic Area Hypothesis
8.
What popular question is posed between ecologists?
a)
What drives the patterns of biodiversity?
b)
What causes species to diverge?
c)
What is biodiversity?
d)
What causes species to attract to a certain area?
9.
What is the Intermediate Disturbance hypothesis?
a)
Less disturbances=exclusion of less dominant species
b)
More disturbances=exclusion of more dominant species
c)
Less disturbances=exclusion of more dominant species
d)
more production= greater biodiversity
10.
What is production?
a)
rate of species proliferation
b)
rate of biodiversity within a smaller environment
c)
rate of generation of plant material for energy
d)
rate of mass within plant material
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