Biodiversity notes

Match

Match the following

• Biodiversity

• Sustainability

• Greater biodiversity leads to

a variety of organisms in an ecosystem

ability to maintain ecological processes

community stability

• a variety of organisms in an ecosystem

• ability to maintain ecological processes

• community stability

Open Ended

Give 1 example of how biodiversity could increase/decrease. Explain why.

Example:

A natural disaster, such as a tornado, could eliminate various species in an ecosystem, leading to a decrease in biodiversity.

Draw

Label each ecosystem as having high or low biodiversity.

Multiple Choice

Higher Biodiversity will lead to?

• More Sustainability

• Less Sustainability

Multiple Choice

Complete this statement. The more diverse an ecosystem is...

• the more stable it is.

• the more threatened its populations are.

• the few varieties of species are present.

• the more similar the species will be