A4.2 Conservation of Biodiversity
16 review questions with answers for A4.2 Conservation of Biodiversity, marked SL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
The variety of life at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels?
- Overexploitation
- Keystone Species
- BiodiversityRight answer
- Endemic Species
All 16 questions and answers
The variety of life at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels?
Answer: Biodiversity
A species found naturally in only one specific geographic location?
Answer: Endemic Species
The complete permanent loss of a species from Earth?
Answer: Extinction
A non-native species that causes ecological or economic harm to an ecosystem?
Answer: Invasive Species
Harvesting a species faster than it can naturally reproduce?
Answer: Overexploitation
A region with high species richness that is also under significant threat?
Answer: Biodiversity Hotspot
Conserving a species within its natural habitat (e.g., nature reserves)?
Answer: In situ conservation
Protecting a species outside its natural habitat (e.g., seed banks or zoos)?
Answer: Ex situ conservation
A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem?
Answer: Keystone Species
A species whose presence or absence reflects the specific environmental quality?
Answer: Indicator Species
The international agreement that regulates trade in endangered species?
Answer: CITES
The global list that categorizes species by their risk of extinction?
Answer: IUCN Red List
The change in community structure at the boundary of two different habitats?
Answer: Edge Effect
Division of a habitat into small, isolated patches, which can reduce genetic diversity?
Answer: Habitat Fragmentation
Strips of habitat that connect isolated patches to allow for gene flow?
Answer: Biological Corridors
Restoring natural processes in an ecosystem, e.g., by reintroducing apex predators and reducing human management?
Answer: Rewilding
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.