BSC1005 Biodiversity Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - The variety of life, and can refer to: habitat, species
and genetic diversity, etc..
Developmental Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in cells within the body
Genetic Biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in genes
Geographical Biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in life between
geographical regions
Vast Number in species of life - CORRECT ANSWER - There are between 1.5 and 2
million named species of living things on earth. Plants-300,000 Fungi-100,000 Bacteria and
Protista-100,000 Vertebrates-50,000 Insects-950,000
Species - CORRECT ANSWER - A population or group of populations of organisms that
are very similar to one another(share a recent evolutionary history)
Important components of species - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to interbreed
Lennean system of classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Binomial names(two names)
Genus Species - CORRECT ANSWER - ex. Homo sapiens(humans)... homo is the genus
name and sapiens is the species
, Species Richness - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of species occurring in a
particular area
Species Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER - combination of number of species and relative
number of individuals of each species
Diversity of species throughout the world - CORRECT ANSWER - Species are NOT
spread evenly throughout the world, ex. tropical areas typically have more species than
temperate ones
Ecosystems - CORRECT ANSWER - Combination of both biotic and abiotic factors
Ecosystem Services - CORRECT ANSWER - Something such as oxygen, fresh water, or
food that is provided by an ecosystem by its species
Genomics - CORRECT ANSWER - The new use of the comparative method
Genome - CORRECT ANSWER - entire set of genetic material in a cell
Allele - CORRECT ANSWER - particular version of a gene
Source of Genetic variation - CORRECT ANSWER - individuals having different alleles
Human Impact on biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Is negative due to human
interactions such as pollution, agriculture, etc
World Event taking place due to negative human impact on biodiversity - CORRECT
ANSWER - Going into the world's 6th mass extinction event. current extinction rates are
between 10 and 100 times higher than those estimated from the fossil record
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - The variety of life, and can refer to: habitat, species
and genetic diversity, etc..
Developmental Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in cells within the body
Genetic Biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in genes
Geographical Biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in life between
geographical regions
Vast Number in species of life - CORRECT ANSWER - There are between 1.5 and 2
million named species of living things on earth. Plants-300,000 Fungi-100,000 Bacteria and
Protista-100,000 Vertebrates-50,000 Insects-950,000
Species - CORRECT ANSWER - A population or group of populations of organisms that
are very similar to one another(share a recent evolutionary history)
Important components of species - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to interbreed
Lennean system of classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Binomial names(two names)
Genus Species - CORRECT ANSWER - ex. Homo sapiens(humans)... homo is the genus
name and sapiens is the species
, Species Richness - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of species occurring in a
particular area
Species Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER - combination of number of species and relative
number of individuals of each species
Diversity of species throughout the world - CORRECT ANSWER - Species are NOT
spread evenly throughout the world, ex. tropical areas typically have more species than
temperate ones
Ecosystems - CORRECT ANSWER - Combination of both biotic and abiotic factors
Ecosystem Services - CORRECT ANSWER - Something such as oxygen, fresh water, or
food that is provided by an ecosystem by its species
Genomics - CORRECT ANSWER - The new use of the comparative method
Genome - CORRECT ANSWER - entire set of genetic material in a cell
Allele - CORRECT ANSWER - particular version of a gene
Source of Genetic variation - CORRECT ANSWER - individuals having different alleles
Human Impact on biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER - Is negative due to human
interactions such as pollution, agriculture, etc
World Event taking place due to negative human impact on biodiversity - CORRECT
ANSWER - Going into the world's 6th mass extinction event. current extinction rates are
between 10 and 100 times higher than those estimated from the fossil record
