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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When entire species permanently disappear from the biosphere is what?

a)

Extinction

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Genetic diversity

d)

Background Extiction

2.

The variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area is what?

a)

Extinction

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Genetic diversity

d)

Background Extinction

3.

 The number of different species and the relative abundance of each species in a biological community is what?

a)

Extinction

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Genetic diversity

d)

Background Extiction

4.

_______ is the gradual process by which a species goes extinct.

a)

Extinction

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Genetic diversity

d)

Background extinction

5.

_____ is the separation of an ecosystem into small pieces of land

a)

Habitat Fragmentation

b)

Edge effect

c)

Biological magnification

d)

Eutrophication

6.

______ is the increasing concentration of toxic substances in organisms as trophic levels increase in a food chain or web.

a)

Habitat Fragmentation

b)

Edge effect

c)

Biological magnification

d)

Eutrophication

7.

______ occurs when fertilizers, animal aste, sewage, or other substances rich in nitrogen and phosphorus flow into waterways causing algae growth

a)

Habitat Fragmentation

b)

Edge effect

c)

Biological magnification

d)

Eutrophication

8.

 _______ is the number of different species and the relative abundance of each species in a biological community.

a)

Species Diversity

b)

Ecosystem Diversity

9.

 _______ is the variety of ecosystems that are present in the biosphere

a)

Species Diversity

b)

Ecosystem Diversity

10.

 ______ are resources that are replaced by natural processes faster than they are consumable

a)

Renewable Resources

b)

Nonrenewable Resources

c)

Endemic Species