Sustainability and Interdependence - Components of Biodiversity

Question 1

genetic diversity

Answer 1

• the number and frequency of all the alleles of genes possessed by a population
• genetic diversity is what allows a species to adapt to changing environmental conditions

Question 2

species diversity

Answer 2

comprises the number of different species in an ecosystem (species richness) and the proportion of each species in the ecosystem (relative abundance)

Question 3

ecosystem diversity

Answer 3

refers to the number of distinct ecosystems within a defined area

Question 4

three components of biodiversity

Answer 4

• genetic diversity
• species diversity
• ecosystem diversity

Question 5

biodiversity

Answer 5

the total variation that exists among all living things on earth