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True and False
What habitat
Vocbulary
Fill in the blank
Fill in the blank
100
Biodiversity provides our world with beauty
True
100
A rain forest burned.
Habitat loss
100
This animal is an example of a threatened species.
African elephant
100
How does the U.S Endangered Species Act protect biodiversity.
pervent animals from going exctint
100
Biodiversity is greater on large island than on small islands becasue large island have more ___________ and a greater variety of niches.
space
200
The loss of a species from an ecosystem usually has no effect because of the presence of other species in the ecosystem
False
200
Animals have no migratory route.
Habitat Fragmentation
200
This animal is an example pf an endangered species.
black rhinoceros
200
What is conservation biology.
feild of biology
200
The simplest measure of biodiversity is the number of ___________ that live in a certain area.
species
300
Biodiversity decreases the stability of ecosystem because more species are competing with eath other
False
300
A highway divides a forest.
Habitat Fragmentation
300
The population of a species begins declining rapidly.
threatened species
300
How do nature preserves help protect biodiversity.
from moving and distroying habitat
300
The more species there are, the _____________ is the biodiversity of the area.
greater
400
Increasing the biodiversity of an ecosystem may result in more niches.
True
400
Coral os mined for building materials.
Habitat loss
400
All members of a species have died, so the species no loger exists.
Extinct species
400
why are habitat better to preserve one large area of land island of a few smaller area of land?
Biodiversity is greater in large areas
400
Biological diversity refers to the __________ of life in an area.
variety
500
Diseases are more likely to spread in an ecosystem with high biodiversity than in an ecosysyem with low biodiversity.
False
500
Detergents and other chemicals pollute bodies of water.
Habitat Degradation
500
The number of members of a species is so low that there is a possibility of extinction.
endangered species
500
what caused the steady decline of the black footed ferret population in wyoming.
Destruction of habitat
500
Biodiversity on land tends to increase as you move toward the _________.
equator