Biodiversity Vocabulary
  • 1. how an organism makes a living or fills a role
A) emigration
B) endangered species
C) niche
D) habitat
  • 2. a species that is first to establish itself in an area
A) extinct species
B) non-native species
C) keystone species
D) pioneer species
  • 3. a species that survives in a habitat that it is not normally found in
A) biome
B) non-native species
C) emigration
D) organism
  • 4. all of the individuals of a given species in a specific area at a certain time
A) habitat
B) population
C) community
D) population density
  • 5. the act of leaving an area or population
A) habitat destruction
B) carrying capacity
C) human impact
D) emigration
  • 6. the combination of different genes found within a population of a single species
A) species
B) habitat destruction
C) species diversity
D) genetic diversity
  • 7. a group of similar organisms that do not breed with members of other groups
A) extinct species
B) endangered species
C) pioneer species
D) species
  • 8. the place where an organism lives
A) native species
B) human impact
C) ecosystem diversity
D) habitat
  • 9. the loss of a natural habitat
A) population density
B) habitat destruction
C) species diversity
D) community
  • 10. when a species no linger exists
A) extinct species
B) pioneer species
C) endangered species
D) non-native species
  • 11. the effects of mankind on biodiversity, usually negative
A) population
B) human impact
C) ecosystem diversity
D) keystone species
  • 12. all of the populations of different species living in a specific area
A) limiting factor
B) community
C) organism
D) emigration
  • 13. an individual capable of growing and reproducing
A) organism
B) carrying capacity
C) biodiversity
D) population
  • 14. the largest population that an area can support
A) community
B) immigration
C) habitat
D) carrying capacity
  • 15. the variety of mini-habitats or environments that can occur within an area
A) genetic diversity
B) native species
C) ecosystem diversity
D) population density
  • 16. the number of individual organisms living in per unit area
A) population density
B) limiting factor
C) organism
D) species
  • 17. species that have naturally evolved in an area
A) biome
B) habitat destruction
C) non-native species
D) native species
  • 18. a species that is in danger of becoming extinct
A) endangered species
B) immigration
C) emigration
D) extinct species
  • 19. a resource that controls the size of a population or the size of an organism
A) biodiversity
B) population
C) limiting factor
D) population density
  • 20. a species that exerts great influence on a ecosystem because of its abundance
A) native species
B) pioneer species
C) extinct species
D) keystone species
  • 21. any species which is likely to become an endangered species in the near future
A) threatened species
B) biome
C) ecosystem diversity
D) non-native species
  • 22. the number of variety of different species living in a particular area
A) species diversity
B) genetic diversity
C) pioneer species
D) keystone species
  • 23. a change to the environment that has a negative effect on living things
A) habitat
B) carrying capacity
C) pollution
D) human impact
  • 24. the act of permanently moving into an area
A) immigration
B) community
C) species diversity
D) species
  • 25. the variety of life living in an area
A) human impact
B) limiting factor
C) genetic diversity
D) biodiversity
  • 26. all of the living factors of an ecosystem
A) carrying capacity
B) community
C) habitat destruction
D) biotic factors
  • 27. all of the non-living factors of an ecosystem
A) limiting factor
B) abiotic factors
C) organism
D) population
  • 28. a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
A) human impact
B) carrying capacity
C) species
D) biome
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