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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an invasive species?A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area.A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area.A keystone species in an environmentnone of the above
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What is the variety of ecosystems that are present in the biosphere?
species diversity
genetic diversity
ecosystem diversity
biodiversity
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the variety of genes present?bidiversityspecies diversityextinctiongenetic diversity
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The number of different species and the abundance of each species in a biological community.genetic diversityecosystem diversityextinctionspecies diversity
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.______ ______ includes thing like minerals, fossil fuels, plants, animals, clean water, and solar energy.OverexpoitationNatural ResourcesNonrenewable Resources
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions._______ happens when fertilizers, animal waste, sewage or other substances rich in nitrogen and phosphorus are lost into waterways causing excessive algae growth.EutrophicationIntroduced speciesBiological AugmentationNonrenewable Resource
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The use of living natural organisms to detoxify a polluted area?Biological AugmentationIntroduced SpeciesBioremediation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Species that are only found in a specific geographic area are _______.Introduced speciesLocal speciesEndemicBiodiversity hot spot
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What effect is shown in this picture? (The pond is green from algae).biomagnificationeutrophicationhabitat fragmentationinvasive species - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The practice of harvesting or hunting to such a degree that remaining individuals may not be able to replenish the population is called _____.biomagnificationoverexploitationedge effectsnatural resource
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The process shown here is called __.biomagnificationeutrophicationinvasive speciesmass extinction
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When excess nutrients make their way into the waterways in runoff from lawns:fish populations increasealgal blooms increasefrog population increasespeople get more vitamins in their water
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the breaking of habitats into smaller pieces is called...
habitat division
habitat pollution
habitat corruption
habitat fragmentation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples oforganizations that promote poaching.polls measuring American opinion about biodiversity.treaties to protect biodiversity.laws to increase the number of species
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Extinction rates are significantly __________ in recent decades than before.LowerHigher
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Biologists put extra effort into protecting these because they have many species living in them.CitiesBiodiversity HotspotsFarmsConservation stations