Components Of Biodiversity

Question 1

Examples of components of biodiversity

Answer 1

• Genetic diversity
• Species diversity
• Ecosystem diversity

Question 2

What is genetic diversity?

Answer 2

Genetic diversity is the number and frequency of all the alleles within a population.

Question 3

What happens when one population of a species dies out?

Answer 3

If one population of a species dies out then the species may have lost some of its genetic diversity and will limit its ability to adapt to changing conditions.

Question 4

What is species diversity?

Answer 4

Species diversity comprises the number of different species in an ecosystem(species richness). And proportion of species in an ecosystem(relative abundance).

Question 5

What happens in a community with a dominant species?

Answer 5

Has a lower species diversity than the one with the same species richness but no particularly dominant species.

Question 6

What is ecosystem diversity

Answer 6

Ecosystem diversity refers to the number of distinct ecosystems within a defined area.