Given two habitats, Habitat 1 and Habitat 2, which habitat would have greater species diversity? Habitat 1: Species A, 10; Species B, 10; Species C, 10
Habitat 2: Species A, 10; Species B, 10; Species C, 10; Species D, 10; Species E, 10

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Habitat 2 has greater species diversity because it has more species (5) than Habitat 1 (3). Species diversity takes into account both species richness (number of different species) and evenness (relative abundance of each species), but in this case, species richness is the determining factor.

Given Two Habitats, Habitat 1 and Habitat 2, Which Habitat