3.4 Biodiverity within a community

Question 1

What is a species ?

Answer 1

A group of organisms that can breed to produce fertile offspring

Question 2

Name the eight groups in the classification hierarchy from largest to smallest

Answer 2

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

Question 3

What mnemonic can be used to remember the classfiication hierarchy ?

Answer 3

Dear King Phillip came over for good soup

Question 4

What is biodiversity ?

Answer 4

The variety of living organisms within a ecosystem and can be measured using species diversity

Question 5

What is interspecific competition ?

Answer 5

Competition/ differences between species

Question 6

What is infraspecific competition ?

Answer 6

Competition/ differences within a species

Question 7

Define population

Answer 7

All the organisms of a particular species that live in the same habitat

Question 8

What is an allele ?

Answer 8

Different forms of the same gene found at the same locus of a chromosome

Question 9

What is genetic diversity ?

Answer 9

The total number of different alleles in a population

Question 10

What is a niche ?

Answer 10

The specific role of a species within its environment