Statistics for biodiversity key terms

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		% Correct
place where an organism lives	habitat	100%
type of sampling - using arbitrary values to decide where to sample	random sampling	100%
a group of organisms that can breed to produce fertile offspring	species	100%
a measure of variation found in the living world	biodiversity	86%
significant + long lasting changes in weather patterns	climate change	86%
active management to maintain biodiversity	conservation	86%
when every member of a species dies	extinction	86%
a different version of a gene	allele	71%
a measure of how many different species are present	species richness	71%
a crop consisting of one strain of one species	monoculture	57%
nationally protected area that can be visited	national park	57%
square frame with little mini squares inside that is used for sampling	quadrat	57%
type of data - numeric	quantitative data	57%
a measure of how equally represented each species in an area are	species evenness	57%
type of sampling - dividing habitat into areas that appear different + sampling each	stratified sampling	57%
type of conversation - taking organisms outside of their natural environment	ex-situ conservation	43%
the position of a gene on a chromosome	gene locus	43%
type of conservation - management within a organisms natural environment	in-situ conservation	43%
an important species that has a disproportionately high effect on its ecosystem	keystone species	43%
type of sampling - picking an area you know is good/easy to sample	opportunistic sampling	43%
mating organisms with desired traits in order to have offspring with desired traits	selective breeding	43%
type of trap - little container in a hole that poor little animals will fall into	pitfall trap	29%
protection of area and removal of human impact to maintain biodiversity	preservation	29%
loss of soil fertility caused by removal of minerals by continuous cropping	soil depletion	29%
type of sampling - taking samples at fixed intervals across a habitat	systematic sampling	29%
a line taken across a habitat which is used to sample along	transect	29%
area set aside for conservation of species or habitats	wildlife reserve	29%
variations between organisms within the same species	genetic biodiversity	14%