Types of Biodiversity

Question 1

Species are different _____ of organisms.

Answer 1

kinds

Question 2

Forms of Biodiversity

Answer 2

Species, Genetic, Ecosystem, Functional

Question 3

Morphological

Answer 3

structural and anatomical differences

Question 4

In Morphological sorting, species are sorted by how they ____.

Answer 4

look

Question 5

Reproductive

Answer 5

ability to breed and produce viable offspring

Question 6

Evolutionary

Answer 6

unique lineages of history and future

Question 7

Speciation

Answer 7

the process by which multiple species arise from a previously existing species

Question 8

Species are related to each other via _____-_____ relationships.

Answer 8

ancestry-descent

Question 9

What is ancestry-descent?

Answer 9

a species gets split into descending species/species share a most recent common anscestor

Question 10

Extinction

Answer 10

death of all remaining individuals representing that speces

Question 11

If S > E, then biodiversity is _____.

Answer 11

increasing

Question 12

If E > S, then biodiversity is ____.

Answer 12

decreasing

Question 13

Genetic Diversity

Answer 13

genetic variation among individuals, populations, and species

Question 14

Ecosystem Diversity

Answer 14

variations in ecosystems, habitats, physical features of a landscape

Question 15

Functional Diversity

Answer 15

Variation in functions and processes accomplished by organisms