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Environmental Science

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Set 3 Biodiversity

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Biodiversity refers to the

A) variety of life.
B) study of life.
C) types of ecosystems on earth.
D) importance of keystone species.
E) adaptations of organisms for survival.

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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A scientist is studying biodiversity in an ecosystem. She is focusing on the adaptations of species to survive in the habitat. She is mostly likely concerned with

A) species diversity.
B) ecosystem diversity.
C) species richness.
D) species evenness.
E) genetic diversity.

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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Scientists studying how microbes interact with each other, decaying organic matter, the soil, and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, are most concerned with

A) genetic diversity.
B) species diversity.
C) species evenness.
D) ecosystem diversity.
E) carbon sinks.

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