Biodiversity Quiz

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

The number and variety of organisms found in a specific region.

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

A group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring.

Question 3

Genetic Diversity

Answer 3

The variety of genes or inherited traits that are present in a species.

Question 4

Species Diversity

Answer 4

The number of different species and the quantity of each species in an ecological community.

Question 5

Ecosystem Diversity

Answer 5

The variety of ecosystems in the biosphere.

Question 6

Dynamic Equilibrium

Answer 6

Describes the balance between different parts of the ecosystem.

Question 7

Resilience

Answer 7

The ability of an ecosystem to maintain balance even in the face of significant disturbances.

Question 8

Desert

Answer 8

A biome that receives very little rain.

Question 9

Grassland

Answer 9

A biome where grasses are the dominant plants.

Question 10

Tropical rainforest

Answer 10

Forests that grow near the equator and experience heavy annual rainfall.

Question 11

Temperate

Answer 11

The term describing any region of Earth between the tropics and the polar circles.

Question 12

Taiga

Answer 12

A forest biome consisting mostly of cone bearing evergreen trees.

Question 13

Wetlands

Answer 13

An aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time.

Question 14

Estuaries

Answer 14

A coastal area where freshwater from rivers mixes with salt water from seas or oceans.

Question 15

Ecosystem Services

Answer 15

The benefits experienced by organisms, including humans, which are provided by healthy ecosystems.

Question 16

Supporting services

Answer 16

Ecosystems that allow for the existences of all other ecosystem services.

Question 17

Provisioning services

Answer 17

Ecosystem services that provide products from an ecosystem.

Question 18

Regulating services

Answer 18

Benefits that are received through the regulation of ecosystem processes.

Question 19

Cultural services

Answer 19

Benefits that people obtain through their experiences with the ecosystem.

Question 20

Biome

Answer 20

A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.

Question 21

What is Canopy Fogging (data collection method)

Answer 21

Low dose of insecticide is sprayed on the top of trees, large sheets or screens are placed on the ground. When the insects die, they fall onto the sheets or screens. From here the scientists can identify them, and count them.

Question 22

What is Transect Sampling (data collection method)

Answer 22

A long rope is placed through a habitat. Every organism that touches the rope is identified and counted. This method can be used in both land and aquatic habitats.

Question 23

What is Mist Netting (data collection method)

Answer 23

fine mesh nets are used to humanely capture animals in land and aquatic ecosystems. A large net is stretched across an area, and when a bird or bat flies into the net, it is removed, identified, and counted. In aquatic habitats, fish, shellfish and other aquatic organisms are captured.

Question 24

What are Aerial Photographs (data collection method)

Answer 24

photos are taken from above, usually from an airplane. This method is especially useful when tracking migrating animals.

Question 25

What are surveys (data collection method)

Answer 25

typically data is collected by people going through a habitat on foot or in a boat, sometimes they use binoculars and a spotting scope to identify and count the number of birds in each species.

Question 26

What is Quadrat Sampling (data collection method)

Answer 26

a quadrat (a known square) is set down and scientists count the number of species and the number of individuals of each species found within the quadrat. This can be repeated many times throughout the habitat.

Question 27

How do you calculate biodiversity

Answer 27

Number of Species in an area
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Total number of individuals in the same area
= Biodiversity Index

The closer the Biodiversity index is to 1 the higher the biodiversity of that habitat. The closer the Biodiversity index is to zero the lower the biodiversity of that habitat.

Question 28

What are the order of the declensions

Answer 28

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative