10.2 DIVERSITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY

Question 1

What is the term biodiversity used to describe?

Answer 1

variety in the living world

Question 2

What does biodiversity refer to?

Answer 2

number and variety of living organisms in a particular area

Question 3

What are the three components of biodiversit?

Answer 3

species diversity
genetic diversity
ecosystem diversity

Question 4

What does species diversity refer to?

Answer 4

number of different species and number of individuals of each species within any one community

Question 5

What does genetic diversity refer to?

Answer 5

variety of genes possessed by individuals that make up population of species

Question 6

What does ecosystem diversity refer to?

Answer 6

range of different habitats, from small local habitat to whole of the Earth

Question 7

What is one measure of species diversity?

Answer 7

species richness

Question 8

What is species richness?

Answer 8

number of different species in a particular area at a given time

Question 9

Index of diversity equation d= N(N-1) / Σn(n-1) meanings?

Answer 9

d- index of diversity
N- total number of of organisms of all species
n- total number of organisms of each species
Σ- sum of