biodiversity (chapter 11)

Question 1

what is biodiversity

Answer 1

the variety of living organisms present in an area

Question 2

the 3 types of biodiversity

Answer 2

habitat, species, genetic biodiversity

Question 3

habitat biodiversity

Answer 3

• the no, different habitats found in an area
• the greater the habitat biodiversity e greater the species biodiversity.

Question 4

species biodiversity

Answer 4

has two different components
- species richness : the no. different species living in an area
- species evenness : the relative abundance of species in an area

Question 5

genetic biodiversity

Answer 5

• the variety of genes that make up species.
• greater genetic biodiversity within a species allows better adaptation to changing eviroment