Biodiveristy

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

Variety of living organism in an area

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

Group of similar organisms able to reproduce to give fertile offspring

Question 3

Habitat

Answer 3

Area inhabited by a species

Question 4

Factors affecting habitat

Answer 4

Abiotic- physical (soil, temp )

Biotic - living (food availability , predators prescence)

Question 5

Biological diversity

Answer 5

Number of individual and in how many different places

Question 6

Genetic diversity

Answer 6

Genetic differences within a species (variation of alleles )

Question 7

Species richness

Answer 7

How many diff species are present

Count number of diff species present

Use random quadrant or transect

Question 8

Species eveness

Answer 8

How evenly represented the species are

Use random quadrant and count number of each species

Calculate relative abundance

Question 9

Simpsons index

Answer 9

D : diversity of habitat

n; Total number of organism of particular species

N- total number of organisms of all species

Higher = more diverse

Question 10

Why we should conserve species

Answer 10

Economic :
•help us develop technology
•reduce soil depletion costs
•provide resources

Ecological:
•prevent disruption of food chain 
•drugs 
•fuels 
•food 

Ethical:
•all living organism have a right to live

Aesthetic:
•areas with more biodiversity provide attractive landscapes
• no human design can compete with natural variations

Question 11

Human activities that affect nature/ bio diversity

Answer 11

• hunting
• killing threats to humans (Mosquitos)
• killing to remove competitions for our food (pests)
• pollution
• habitat destruction

Question 12

Habitat diversity

Answer 12

Number of different habitats in an area

Question 13

Species diversity abundance

Answer 13

Differences between species

Structural functional