A4.2

Question 1

Define biodiversity.

Question 2

Outline how biodiversity is quantified at different levels of biological organization.​

Question 3

Compare the number of species on earth today with past levels of biodiversity.

Question 4

Define extinction.

Question 5

State the number of mass extinction events that have occurred on Earth.

Question 6

Outline the cause and effect of mass extinctions that have occurred on Earth.

Question 7

Define anthropogenic.

Question 8

Outline anthropogenic causes of species extinction.

Question 9

Outline the extinction of the Moas.

Question 10

Outline the extinction of the Caribbean monk seal.

Question 11

Outline the extinction of a local species.

Question 12

List direct and indirect anthropogenic causes of ecosystem loss.

Question 13

Outline the cause of the loss of mixed dipterocarp forest ecosystem in Southeast Asia.

Question 14

Outline the cause of the loss of temperate rainforest ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ​

Question 15

List the types of evidence that can be monitored to assess the status of a biodiversity crisis.

Question 16

Explain the use of species richness and evenness measures in the tracking of biodiversity over time.

Question 17

State the role of “citizen scientists” in monitoring a biodiversity crisis.​

Question 18

Discuss the impact of human population growth on the causes of the current biodiversity crisis.

Question 19

Compare in situ to ex situ approaches to conservation.

Question 20

Outline the advantages of an in situ approach to conservation.

Question 21

Define “rewilding.”

Question 22

Outline the rationale used for conservation by the EDGE of Existence programme.

Question 23

List examples of ex situ conservation programs.