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Biodiversity and Sustainability

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

What are biotic factors?

a)

Factors that are NON-LIVING in an ecosystem.

b)

Factors that are LIVING in an ecosystem.

c)

Factors that are LIVING and USED-TO-BE-LIVING in an ecosystem.

d)

Factors that are both NON-LIVING and LIVING.

2.

What are abiotic factors?

a)

Factors that are NON-LIVING in an ecosystem.

b)

Factors that are LIVING in an ecosystem.

c)

Factors that are LIVING and USED-TO-BE-LIVING in an ecosystem.

d)

Factors that are both NON-LIVING and LIVING.

3.

Which of the following examples are biotic factors?

a)

Chickens

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Sunlight

d)

Worms

e)

Plants

4.

Which of the following examples are abiotic factors?

a)

Sunlight

b)

Grass

c)

Sand

d)

Water

e)

Air

5.

What is biodiversity?

a)

The study of life in an ecosystem.

b)

The capability of an ecosystem to withstand stressors.

c)

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

d)

The ability of an ecosystem to maintain its full functions and properties.

6.

Which of the following examples show the HIGHEST biodiversity in an ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which of the following examples show the LOWEST biodiversity in an ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

What are the three factors that affect the biodiversity in an ecosystem?

a)

Species, DNA, Ecosystem

b)

Sustainability, Sunlight, Water

c)

Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

d)

Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

9.

What is sustainability?

a)

The study of life in an ecosystem.

b)

The inability of an ecosystem to withstand stressors.

c)

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

d)

The ability of an ecosystem to maintain its full functions and properties over long periods of time even through times of stress or disturbance on the ecosystem.

10.

Which of the following examples have the BEST sustainability?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Which of the following examples have the WORST sustainability?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What is the relationship between biodiversity and sustainability in an ecosystem?

a)

Increased biodiversity leads to decreased sustainability.

b)

Increased sustainability leads to decreased biodiversity.

c)

Increased biodiversity leads to increased sustainability.

d)

There is no relationship between biodiversity and sustainability.

13.

True or False? Higher biodiversity = more or higher sustainability.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following is the best example diversity of species in an ecosystem?

a)

A dragon fly and a butterfly living in a garden of moth orchids.

b)

Two Siberian huskies living in the backyard.

c)

Goldfish and carps living in a pond.

d)

Goldfish, algae, kelp, sting rays, lion fishes, sharks, and jelly fish living together in the ocean.

15.

True or False? Ecosystems with high biodiversity are healthier and are more sustainable that eco systems with low biodiversity.

a)

False

b)

True