Biodiversity

Question 1

What are the three types of biodiversity?

Answer 1

Species diversity/ genetic diversity/ ecosystem diversity

Question 2

What is species diversity?

Answer 2

The number of species and individuals in a species in a community

Question 3

What is genetic diversity?

Answer 3

The variety of alleles amongst all the individuals in a population of one species

Question 4

What is ecosystem diversity?

Answer 4

The range of different habitats

Question 5

What is species richness?

Answer 5

The number of different species in one area at a particular time

Question 6

What is a cause for concern?

Answer 6

A decrease in biodiversity and this is often caused by human activity

Question 7

What farming activities reduce biodiversity?

Answer 7

• destruction of hedgerows
  -selective breeding
  -monocultures
  -overgrazing
  -filling in of ponds and draining wetlands

Question 8

What is the index of diversity

Answer 8

A measure of species diversity. It is a calculation to measure the relationship between the number of species in a community and the number of individuals in each species