1: What is biodiversity?
Variation in life.
2: What are we doing to decrease biodiversity? What is a monoculture?
We are farming using monoculture which using one thing and that is decreasing biodiversity.
3: How much of our planet’s species have been identified?
Less than half of the species found on our planet.
4: What is a keystone species? What is an example? Why are they important?
One species in an ecosystem that is more important than other species. When removed from the ecosystem it has tendency to fall apart. Sea otters and jaguars are examples of this.
5: E.O. Wilson stated, “ The one process ongoing that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly that our descendants are least likely to forgive us.” Discuss this statement. What is the #1 cause of species decline?
Humans are the number one cause of species decline according to E.O. Wilson
Variation in life.
2: What are we doing to decrease biodiversity? What is a monoculture?
We are farming using monoculture which using one thing and that is decreasing biodiversity.
3: How much of our planet’s species have been identified?
Less than half of the species found on our planet.
4: What is a keystone species? What is an example? Why are they important?
One species in an ecosystem that is more important than other species. When removed from the ecosystem it has tendency to fall apart. Sea otters and jaguars are examples of this.
5: E.O. Wilson stated, “ The one process ongoing that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly that our descendants are least likely to forgive us.” Discuss this statement. What is the #1 cause of species decline?
Humans are the number one cause of species decline according to E.O. Wilson