Benefits of Biodiversity

Multiple Choice

I agree with: (page 136)

• Jenny

• Sweta

• Jahrie

Multiple Choice

Why are Madagascar rainforests described by the term "biodiverse"?

• because every thing has a green color.

• because so many different kinds of living things are found there.

• because organisms are living happily together.

Multiple Choice

What taxonomic group in the graph contains the most species?

• Reptiles

• Birds

• Insects and arthropods

• Plants, fungi, and algae

​All students must read this paragraph in page 139 and get ready to answer a question.

Open Ended

Mention the types of biodiversity.

Fill in the Blank

_______ _______ is the number of each species and the quantity of each species in an ecological community.

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_______ ______ is the variety of ecosystems in the biosphere.

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______ ______ is the variety of genes or inherited traits that are present in a population.

Learning Objective

Understand how biodiversity is measured.

Categorize

Options (8)

measures insects biodiversity

rope, string or tape

humanely capture animals

used in forests

divided into intervals

used for bats and birds

collect insects on screens, sheets

used for fish, shellfish

Organize these options into the right categories

Canopy Fogging

Transect Sampling

Mist Netting

Multiple Choice

How are these methods similar?

• All of them can be used in terrestrial ecosystems

• All of them can be used in aquatic ecosystems

• All of them can be used in terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems

Multiple Select

Why might surveying require a large number of people to carry out? (2)

• Having lots of people makes the process enjoyable and easy

• People must go through a habitat and take note of organisms they see

• To double check on each others' work and to be sure it is correct

• A large habitat will require many people to gather data about it

Categorize

Options (14)

Ground photos taken from above

analyze data from experts

known square area

count and track whale species

use data from field technicians

range from 1 m to 20 m

track migrating animals

assess trees biodiversity

analyze data from scientists

going through habitat on foot

going through habitat on boat

repeated many times in habitat

using binoculars

to study birds

Organize these options into the right categories

Aerial Photos

Surveys

Quadrat Sampling

Multiple Choice

How are transect lines and quadrat sampling similar?

• Both are done ONLY in aquatic ecosystems

• Both use counts taken from parts or segments of an ecosystem

• There is no similarity between them

Multiple Select

Select the methods that can be used in BOTH terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

• Mist netting

• Canopy fogging

• Transect sampling

• Surveys

• Aerial photos and quadrat sampling

Multiple Choice

Many different methods are needed because there are so many different kinds of ecosystems and so many different kinds of living things.

• True

• Partially true

• False

Match

Exit Ticket - Match the picture of measurement with its name

Quadrat Sampling

Mist Netting

Surveys

Aerial photo

Canopy Fogging

• Quadrat Sampling

• Mist Netting

• Surveys

• Aerial photo

• Canopy Fogging

Learning Objective

Calculate the biodiversity using the biodiversity index.

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Multiple Choice

Exit ticket - Which image shows high biodiversity?

Multiple Choice

Exit ticket - Which ecosystem has a greater biodiversity?

• A wheat field with hundreds of plants of the same species

• An aquarium with a total of eight individual organisms of three different species

Learning Objective

Gather evidence about the importance of biodiversity.

Match

Match the word with its meaning

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Resilience

• Biodiverse ecosystem

Stable ecosystem

Ability to maintain dynamic equilibrium

Healthy ecosystem

• Stable ecosystem

• Ability to maintain dynamic equilibrium

• Healthy ecosystem

​higher number of species will lead to more processes that provide organisms with things they need to survive.

Multiple Select

Choose the healthy ecosystems (2)

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​Think - Pair - Share

Multiple Choice

When an ecosystem is balanced, it can process changes and remain stable.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What does the straight dotted line in the center represent?

• Shows an imaginary ecosystem that does not exist

• Shows changes in an ecosystem over time

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the orange line?

• Shows the changes in an ecosystem over time

• Shows an imaginary ecosystem that does not exist

Multiple Choice

A resilient ecosystem cannot maintain dynamic equilibrium

• True

• False

Plenary - Alef

Learning Objective

Distinguish the 7 land biomes

Vocabulary

• Biome

• Desert

• Grassland

• Tropical rain forest

• Temperate rain forest

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Taiga

• Tundra

Multiple Choice

Waxy coating on a desert cactus helps it survive with little water.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

There is a great variety of plant life in a tropical rainforest.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which one has greater biodiversity?

• Temperate Rainforest

• Tropical Rainforest

Fill in the Blank

The _______ _______ forest is mostly found in the United States.

Multiple Select

What is the type of plants that is found in the taiga? (2)

• Evergreen trees.

• Date palm trees.

• Trees that are always green.

• Ghaf trees

Multiple Select

What are the animals that are mostly found in the tundra?

• Mammals

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

Learning Objective

Identify the different aquatic biomes.

Multiple Select

What abiotic factors are used to describe aquatic ecosystems?

• Temperature

• Sunlight

• amount of dissolved oxygen

• Number of fish

Categorize

Options (8)

Narrow

Shallow

Fast water

Clear water

Wide

Deep

Slow water

Muddy water

Organize these options into the right categories

Stream

River

Categorize

Options (7)

Water is not flowing

Shallow

Deep

Small

Large

Contains plants and algae at surface

form in low areas on land

Organize these options into the right categories

Ponds

Lakes

Both

Multiple Choice

Nutrient levels and biodiversity are high in BOTH wetlands and estuaries.

• True

• F

Fill in the Blank

__________ _____ and other producers form the base of most ocean food chains.

Fill in the Blank

The ________ ____ is the ocean shore between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide.

Multiple Choice

In what ecosystem would you find aquatic organisms that are adapted to withstand the force of tides and exposure to the air?

• Open Ocean

• Wetland

• Intertidal Zone

• Coral Reef

Fill in the Blank

Most coral reefs form in shallow ______ ______

​Learning Objective

​Discover how humans benefit from biodiversity

​Vocabulary

• Benefit:

• Service:

• Support:

• Provision:

• Regulate:

• Culture:

Humans benefit from a healthy ecosystem by:

• Getting food.

• Making money from selling the food

• Use clean water

• breathe clean air

Open Ended

What are the four main categories of ecosystem services?

Plenary - Alef