Diversity, Classification & Variation

Question 1

What is biodiversity?

Answer 1

The variety of living organisms in an area.

Question 2

What is a habitat?

Answer 2

The place where an organism lives

Question 3

What is a community?

Answer 3

All the populations of different species living in a habitat.

Question 4

What levels can biodiversity be considered at?

Answer 4

Global scale and a local scale (e.g. a small habitat local to you)

Question 5

Two different measures of biodiversity

Answer 5

Species richness

Index of diversity

Question 6

What does species richness not take into account?

Answer 6

It does not take into account that the population size of the species in the community affects the level of biodiversity

Question 7

What are 5 agricultural practices that affect biodiversity?

Answer 7

Woodland clearance
Hedgerow removal
Pesticides 
Herbicides 
Monoculture (fields containing only one type of plant)

Question 8

Give 3 examples of conservation schemes

Answer 8

Legal protection to endangered species
Protected areas- restrict further development (e.g. AONB)
Environmental Stewardship Scheme - encourages farmers to conserve biodiversity