Biodiversity Notesheet
by C. Kohn
Name:
Hour
Date Assignment is due: After quiz
Day of Week
Units
1. Lab Safety
2. Biodiversity
Date:
Why late?
Date
Score: +
✓
-
If your project was late, describe why
1. Define Biodiversity in your own
words.
2. What is an example of an area
that has biodiversity? How do
you know?
3. Why is biodiversity necessary
for human populations?
4. What would happen if a lot of
the earth’s biodiversity was lost?
3. Extinction
4. Habitats
5. Invasive
Species
6. Water
Pollution
7. Water Testing
8. Tragedy of the
Commons
9. Wildlife Mgmt
10. Climate
Change
11. Climate
History
12. Forestry &
Carbon
Sequestration
13. Survival
Weekly Schedule
Monday: Lab
Safety
Tuesday: Set-up
for Lab
5. What questions do you have about this topic?
Wednesday:
Notes
Thursday: Lab
Data Collection
Friday: Review &
Quiz
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Directions: use the accompanying PowerPoint (http://bit.ly/BiodiversityPPT) to complete the questions below. This
sheet will be due upon the completion of the PowerPoint in class. These assignments are graded on a +/√/- scale.
1. All life on earth has one thing in common:
. Every
living species is a result of that species’ DNA. All the
of every
of living species is due to
in that species’ DNA
2. The
the genetic diversity, the
the ecosystem
3. List and describe the 3 levels of diversity that comprise biodiversity:
1.
2.
3.
4. Define Biodiversity:
5. Write the basic formula for biodiversity:
6. Which has more biodiversity, a corn field with 10,000 stalks or a garden with 5 individuals of 5 different
plants? Explain
7. Biodiversity matters because it is a
of the
8. For an ecosystem to function, it must be able to serve different
of an ecosystem.
and provide various
.
9. Provide 1-2 examples for each category of ecosystem service listed below
a. Energy flow
b. Nutrient Cycling
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c. Filtration and removal of waste products:
d. Reproduction and genetic diversity:
10. Provide a caption that explains the meaning
of this graph:
11. How are losses to a community like losses of biodiversity? Compare and contrast the functioning of an
ecosystem to the functioning of a community as it relates to the diversity of its members.
12. As biodiversity
, so do ecosystem
nutrient cycling, filtration, resource renewal, reproduction, etc.)
13. The role of a
minimize
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(energy flow,
is to maximize
.
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