In Your Backyard You Overturn a Large Rock

question 59

Multiple Choice

In your backyard you overturn a large rock. In the damp soil underneath the rock, you see various insects scurrying for cover: one black spider, five black ants, two brown beetles, and three gray pillbugs. In this community of organisms, species richness is represented by

• A) the ants, since there are more of them than any other organism.
• B) eleven total organisms.
• C) four different species of organisms.
• D) the ants and the spider equally, since they have the greatest number of organisms of the same color.

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