Biomes and Biodiversity Quiz

Plants and animals that are not native to a habitat (nonindigenous)

invasive species

this biome has the largest diversity (largest number of different kinds) of plant and animal species

tropical rainforest

what type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower

mutualism

a tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship

parasitism

why is biodiversity so important?

Because all species on each other to survive, so if one becomes extinct another species that relies on it could go extinct as well

which biome has deciduous trees (which loose their leaves)?

Temperate Forest

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

commensalism

if the population of a certain predator increases, there is often____its prey

a decrease population of

The point in which an area cannot hold any more individuals in an area is called its what?

carrying capcity

which biome is the most populated biome?

Chaparral

which biome has permafrost?

Tundra

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

the bird population would decrease

Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?

Taiga

What does biodiversity mean?

the different amount of species in an area

Nonliving things found in a an ecosystem

abiotic factors

Living things found in an ecosystem

biotic factors