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Biodiversity within a community

Biodiversity within a community

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Question 2
a.

Define the biological term community.

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b.

Which statement correctly describes the species richness of an ecosystem?

  • The total number of individuals of all species present
  • The number of different species present in a community
  • The relative abundance of each species present
  • The variety of different habitats within an ecosystem
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c.

Explain why calculating an index of diversity is a more useful measure of biodiversity than recording only species richness.

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Biodiversity within a community Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Biology
  3. /Biodiversity within a community

2 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Biology Biodiversity within a community. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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