The Number and Variety of Ecosystems in a Particular Area

question 39

Multiple Choice

The number and variety of ecosystems in a particular area, each of which is a storehouse of genetic and species diversity, is called

• A)ecological diversity.
• B)species diversity.
• C)functional diversity.
• D)biodiversity.
• E)genetic diversity.

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Definitions:

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctual behaviors that interfere with learned behavior from conditioning.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behaviorism where a response increases because a negative condition is stopped or avoided as a consequence of the response.

Salient

Being most noticeable or important; prominently standing out.

Stimuli

Environmental factors or changes that elicit a response from an organism or part of the body.