Biodiversity

Question 1

negative impacts of human activity on diversity of species

Answer 1

climate change, deforestation and over-fishing

Question 2

infraspecific competition

Answer 2

competition for resources between individuals of the same species.

Question 3

interspecific competition

Answer 3

competition for resources between individuals of different species

Question 4

environment

Answer 4

the external surroundings including all biotic and abiotic factors

Question 5

species

Answer 5

a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce viable, fertile offspring

Question 6

population

Answer 6

all the organisms of one species in a particular places at a particular time

Question 7

community

Answer 7

all the populations of all the species in a particular place in a particular time

Question 8

habitat

Answer 8

the place, with a distinctive set of conditions, where an organism lives

Question 9

niche

Answer 9

the role an organisms plays in its environment or how an organism exploits its an environment

Question 10

2 main sources of genetic diversity

Answer 10

mutations and meiosis

Question 11

species richness

Answer 11

the number of different species present in a particular habitat at a particular time

Question 12

endemism

Answer 12

where an organisms distribution is restricted to a specific area