Biodiversity & Sustainability

Watch the short videos and answer the questions that follow.

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Biodiversity & Sustainability.

Multiple Choice

What is biodiversity?

• Only the different kinds of animals in a specific habitat

• Different kinds of organisms that live in a specific habitat

• Diversity in humans

• Life changes throughout time

Multiple Choice

Less species (less biodiversity) means ecosystems...

• don't change

• can become stronger

• can become weaker

Multiple Select

Biodiversity is important for humans because it provides..

• Food

• Water

• Products

• None

Multiple Choice

What is sustainability?

• The ability for something to change

• the different variety of organisms in an area

• The ability of an organism/environment to survive and thrive

• Recycling alone

Multiple Choice

The more biodiverse an ecosystem is the ______ sustainable it is.

• More

• Less

A biodiverse ecosystem is more likely to be resistant to major changes caused by natural disasters or events. Therefore, keeping a balance and remaining strong. This is due to organisms interacting with multiple organisms. A food web can tell us a lot about an ecosystem! The more organisms you see in a food web, the more biodiverse the ecosystem and therefore more sustainable. Meaning it's able to resist changes!

Food Webs!

Multiple Choice

Which ecosystem is more sustainable (aka able to maintain more balance) if a natural disaster were to occur in both?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most biodiverse and therefore the most sustainable?

• Deciduous Forest

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Rainforest

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is more sustainable?