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Biodiversity and how to investigate it

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is defined as: the number and variety of living things to be found in the world, in an ecosystem or in a habitat

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

e)

Population

2.

What is defined as: populations of different species in an ecosystem?

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

e)

Population

3.

What is defined as: all the living organisms and all the non-living components in a specific area, and their interactions

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

e)

Population

4.

What is defined as: the place where an organism or population lives?

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

e)

Population

5.

What is defined as: all the organisms of one species in a habitat?

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

e)

Population

6.

Which community has greater species richness?

a)

Community A

b)

Community B

c)

They both have the same species richness

7.

Which community has greater species diversity?

a)

Community A

b)

Community B

c)

They both have the same species diversity

8.

Which is the correct equation for the index of diversity?

a)

D = (n(n-1)) / (ΣN(N-1))

b)

D = (Σn(n-1)) / (N(N-1))

c)

D = (N(N-1)) / (Σn(n-1))

d)

D = (ΣN(N-1)) / (n(n-1))

9.

Which of these is a factor that reduces biodiversity?

a)

Replanting hedgerows

b)

Organic fertilisers

c)

Maintaining ponds

d)

Monocultures

10.

Which of these is a conservation technique for increasing biodiversity?

a)

Using organic fertilisers

b)

Making larger fields

c)

Grazing land thoroughly

d)

Using pest-specific fertilisers

11.

Which image represents random sampling?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

12.

Why do we use random (or systematic) sampling?

a)

To make it more reproducible by collecting more data

b)

To make the experimental design easier

c)

To avoid bias

d)

To show a better spread of the data

13.

What is the mean of these data?

2 4 9 3 5 2 4 2 5

a)

2

b)

4

c)

7

d)

9

14.

What is the median of these data?

2 4 9 3 5 2 4 2 5

a)

2

b)

4

c)

7

d)

9

15.

What is the mode of these data?

2 4 9 3 5 2 4 2 5

a)

2

b)

4

c)

7

d)

9

16.

What is the range of these data?

2 4 9 3 5 2 4 2 5

a)

2

b)

4

c)

7

d)

9

17.

Which of these groups is significantly different from the others?

a)

Group 1

b)

Group 2

c)

Group 3

d)

None of them is significantly different from the others

e)

We can't tell from this graph

18.

Which are uses of standard deviation?

a)

To tell you the range of the data

b)

To give you an idea of the spread of data

c)

To tell you more about the mean

d)

To help decide whether data are significantly different from one another

19.

Which statistical test would you use to compare your observed frequency with an expected frequency?

a)

Chi squared

b)

Correlation test

c)

Student's t-test

d)

Standard deviation

20.

Which statistical test would you use to test for a significant correlation between two numeric variables?

a)

Chi squared

b)

Correlation coefficient

c)

Student's t-test

d)

Standard deviation

21.

Which statistical test would you use to compare the means of two sets of data?

a)

Chi squared

b)

Correlation coefficient

c)

Student's t-test

d)

Standard deviation

22.

What would you use to get an idea of the spread of a set of data?

a)

Chi squared

b)

Correlation coefficient

c)

Student's t-test

d)

Standard deviation