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What does biodiversity refer to?
What does biodiversity refer to?
- The quantity of living things in a specific area
- The variety within each species of plant and animal (correct)
- The rate of change in natural environments
- The number of different ecosystems on earth
Why is it important to maintain biodiversity?
Why is it important to maintain biodiversity?
- To promote the growth of specific plant and animal species
- To ensure the stability of nature in the face of change (correct)
- To increase the overall population of living things
- To reduce the need for artificial ecosystem management
What crucial processes do ecosystems carry out?
What crucial processes do ecosystems carry out?
- Producing nitrogen and cleaning air
- Producing carbon dioxide and cleaning soil
- Producing water vapor and cleaning the atmosphere
- Producing oxygen and cleaning water (correct)
What is being destroyed faster than nature can create it?
What is being destroyed faster than nature can create it?
What is one of the things we rely on biodiversity for?
What is one of the things we rely on biodiversity for?