Biomes And Biodiversity

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2. Which of the following is not part of an aquatic ecosystem?

Estuaries

Barrier islands

Coral reefs

Savannas

3. All of the following are major biomes EXCEPT

Deserts

Lakes

Tundra

Grasslands

Deserts

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5. What is the primary cause of the recent drastic loss in biodiversity (caused by humans)????

Habitat loss.

Exploitation through overharvesting.

Global climate change

None of the above

6. A species' niche is what?

The role a species plays in a community.

The distribution of the specific organism

The variety of genetic mutations in a particular population.

None of the above

7. True or False:
You will often see Kangaroos, hawks, ants, and mountain lions in the desert biome.

True

False

8. The extensive destruction of coral reefs caused primarily by humans is estimated to take _________ to recover.

6 months

5-12 years

20-100 years

200-1,000 years

Hundreds of thousands of years

9.
The extinction rate in the 20th century is.....

20% lower than in undisturbed ecosystems.

Around the same as the extinction rate in undisturbed ecosystems.

100-1000 times than in undisturbed ecosystems.

20% higher than in undisturbed ecosystems

10. The greatest number of species are amongst

Fungi.

Vascular plants.

Bacteria and viruses.

Invertebrates.

Reptiles

11. Around __________ mammals have been identified as of 2004?

20

3,000

5,500

120,000

1,234,567

Biomes and Biodiversity

1. The nonliving components of the environment such as rock types, slope, geographic setting and climate that affect ecological functions are known as the ________ factors.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which of the following is not part of an aquatic ecosystem?

3. All of the following are major biomes EXCEPT

4. A species whose loss from an ecosystem would cause a greater than average change in diversity or abundance of other species, community structure, and/or ecosystem processes is called a _________ species???

5. What is the primary cause of the recent drastic loss in biodiversity (caused by humans)????

6. A species' niche is what?

7. True or False:
You will often see Kangaroos, hawks, ants, and mountain lions in the desert biome.

8. The extensive destruction of coral reefs caused primarily by humans is estimated to take _________ to recover.

9.
The extinction rate in the 20th century is.....

10. The greatest number of species are amongst

11. Around __________ mammals have been identified as of 2004?

Biomes and Biodiversity

1. The nonliving components of the environment such as rock types, slope, geographic setting and climate that affect ecological functions are known as the ________ factors.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which of the following is not part of an aquatic ecosystem?

3. All of the following are major biomes EXCEPT

4. A species whose loss from an ecosystem would cause a greater than average change in diversity or abundance of other species, community structure, and/or ecosystem processes is called a _________ species???

5. What is the primary cause of the recent drastic loss in biodiversity (caused by humans)????

6. A species' niche is what?

7. True or False:You will often see Kangaroos, hawks, ants, and mountain lions in the desert biome.

8. The extensive destruction of coral reefs caused primarily by humans is estimated to take _________ to recover.

9. The extinction rate in the 20th century is.....

10. The greatest number of species are amongst

11. Around __________ mammals have been identified as of 2004?

7. True or False:
You will often see Kangaroos, hawks, ants, and mountain lions in the desert biome.

9.
The extinction rate in the 20th century is.....