Topic4 Investigating Diversity

Question 1

What is the definition of Biodiversity?

Answer 1

Variety of living organisms in an Area

Question 2

What is the definition of Habitat?

Answer 2

Place where an organism lives

Question 3

What is the definition of Species Richness?

Answer 3

Measure of number different species in a community

Question 4

What is the definition of Index of Diversity?

Answer 4

Describes relationships between number of species in a community and number of individuals in each species

More accurate

Question 5

What are the four ways you can measure investigate Diversity?

Answer 5

1.Frequency of observable and measured characteristics. (Appearance)
2.DNA sequence
3.mRNA sequence
4.AminoAcid sequence

Question 6

What is the more accurate way to investigate Diversity?

Answer 6

mRNA and AminoAcid sequence is a more accurate as they don’t contains introns

Question 7

Why is investigating Diversity through frequency of observable and measured characteristics less appearance?

Answer 7

It less accurate as two organisms can look the same but different DNA

Question 8

What is a sampling?
To use sampling what must be done?

Answer 8

Sampling is another way to investigate diversity

Must be large samples and must be random to avoid unbiased results

For it to be random must use random generators