Biodiversity

What is biodiversity?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is an ecosystem?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

What is sustainability?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is a population?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Biodiversity makes an ecosystem ______ stable

• More

• Less

• Equally

• Not

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Very dry, very cold, soil remains permanently frozen, low biodiversity

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Moderate rainfall, covered in mostly grass, medium biodiversity

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Very dry, can be very hot or very cold, low biodiversity

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Moderate rainfall, forested with cone-bearing trees that have needles instead of leaves, medium biodiversity

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Temperate Forest

• Taiga

Rains every day, covered in lush plant life, highest biodiversity of all land biomes

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Temperate Forest

• Taiga

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6