Biodiversity
Importance of Biodiversity
Threats to Biodiversity
Preserving/Restoring Biodiversity
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100
This occurs when biodiversity is lost.
What is extinction?
100

Deforestation, air pollution, invasive species are all examples.

What is biodiversity loss?

100
The primary cause of extinction.
What is habitat loss?
100

This is an example of an exosystem with the greatest sustainability/ chance of surviving.

What is a variety of animals or several different species of trees and plants?

100

What is an unintentionally introduced species?

What is an invasive species?

200

What does the prefix bio- mean?

What is life?

200

Flood protection, wind break, fertile soil and clean water are all examples of this.

What are indirect benefits to an ecosystem?

200

People use chainsaws and take away a habitat for many.

What is habitat destruction/ cutting down trees?

200
This practice can help preserve biodiversity and make sure that future generations can use the resources
What is sustainable use?
200

Doing this gets rid of the biodiversity in lakes and rivers, by taking out fish.

What is overfishing?

300

What does diverse mean?

What is variety?

300
Is it more important for sustainability? to have a greater # of consumers, the most rainfall or the greatest variety of living things?

What are the greatest variety of living things?

300

This occurs when a link in a food web is removed, affecting the entire ecosystem.

What is habitat disruption?

300
These allow organisms a safe habitat.
What are protected areas?
300

Leaves on the ground, a dead animal on the ground, dead tree, a wild boar sleeping in its habitat, are all examples of what?

What is biotic factors?

400

Forests, fields, prairies, ponds, estuaries, marshes are all examples of.

What is habitat diversity?

400

What makes a good food web?

What is a diverse amount of animals and plants?

400

Habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, human population growth & overhunting/ overfishing lead to--?

What is a decrease in biodiversity?

400

What contributes to greater sustainability of an ecosystem?

What is high biodiversity?

400

What does a rock, water, sunlight, clouds, and snow have in common?

What is abiotic factors.

500

What does biodiversity mean?

What is a variety of life (organisms)?

500

How does human population growth affect biodiversity?

What is we build buildings and end up killing off animals from their habitats?

500

Garbage thrown out windows, deforestation, and wildfires are all causes of this.

What is pollution?

500

A loss of biodiversity could lead to?

What is animal extinction?

500

What does space, available water, and available food have in common?

What is will affect biodiversity?