Biodiversity warm up

Biodiversity warm-up

Poll

Referring to the previous slide which picture has more variety?

• Picture 1

• Picture 2

Multiple Choice

Which site has more diversity?

• Site A

• Site B

Bio/diversity

Biodiversity refers to the variety of living species on Earth, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

All creatures are connected

All of the Earth’s species work together to survive and maintain their ecosystems.

Multiple Choice

In this food chain what would happen if the decomposers disappeared?

• Life will continue with no change

• The ecosystem would be cleaner

• Plants will not find enough food but life will keep going

• the whole food chain would collapse

Keystone species

• However all living things rely on each other, Some species are more important than others in an ecosystem. The really important ones are called KEYSTONE SPECIES.

• A Keystone Species plays a very important role in keeping an ecosystem the way it is.

• If a Keystone Species goes extinct, the change will be very noticeable and have a huge impact on the ecosystem

Ecodetectives: Peril River (HTML5)

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