Investigating Biodiversity

What is biodiversity?

Biodiversity can be considered at 3 different levels. What are they?

What is a habitat?

What is habitat diversity?

What is species?

What is species diversity?

TRUE OR FALSE
The greater the species richness and species evenness, the greater the biodiversity

What is genetic diversity?

What are the two types of sampling methods?

What are the 3 types of non-random sampling technique?

Describe the method of random sampling

Outline the advantages and disadvantages of random sampling

Describe the method of opportunistic (non-random) sampling

Outline the advantages and disadvantages of opportunistic (non-random) sampling

Describe the method of stratified (non-random) sampling

Outline the advantages and disadvantages to stratified (non-random) sampling

Describe the method of systematic (non-random) sampling

Outline the advantages and disadvantages of systematic (non-random) sampling

What does the Simpson's Index of Diversity do?

What is the equation for Simpson's Index of Diversity?

TRUE OR FALSE:
Simpson's Index of Diversity can be negative

Complete the sentence:
The closer Simpson's Index of Diversity is to ____, the more diverse the habitat and the greater its ability to cope with _________ (e.g. the appearance of a new predator). The greater the species richness and ________, the ___________ the value of Simpon's Index

What happens when a whole population has a low genetic diversity?

In which types of population would there be a low genetic diversity?

TRUE OR FALSE:
Alleles of the same gene are always found at the same point on a chromosome

What is polymorphism?

What is used to measure genetic diversity?

What is the equation for genetic polymorphism?