Biodiversity Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+
Fill in the blank. _____ refers to the _____ of life in an area. - Answer✔Biological diversity &
Variety.
Fill in the blank. The simplest measure of biodiversity is the number of ____ that live in a certain
area. - Answer✔Species.
Fill in the blank. The more species there are, the ____ the biodiversity of the area. Biodiversity
on land tends to ___ as you move towards the ____. - Answer✔Greater, Increase, and Equator.
Fill in the blank. Biodiversity is greater on large islands than on small islands because large
islands have more ____ and a greater variety of ____ - Answer✔Space and environments
True or False. Biodiversity provides our world with beauty - Answer✔True
True or False. The loss of a species from an ecosystem usually has no effect because of the
presence of other species in the ecosystem. - Answer✔False.
True or False. Biodiversity decreases the stability of ecosystems because more species are
competing with each other. - Answer✔False.
True or False. Increasing the biodiversity of an ecosystem may result in more niches. -
Answer✔True
True or False. Diseases are more likely to spread in an ecosystem with high biodiversity than an
ecosystem with low diversity. - Answer✔False.
True or False. A decrease in Earth's biodiversity may effect people's diets. - Answer✔True.
True or False. Preserving diverse plant species may lead to the discovery of new drugs in the
future. - Answer✔True.
What is an endangered species? - Answer✔The number of members of a species is so low that
there's a possibility of extinction
What is an African Elephant right now? - Answer✔endangered species.
What is a threatened species? - Answer✔Where the population of a species begins declining
rapidly.
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