1. What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the variation in life.
2. What are we doing to decrease biodiversity? What is a monoculture?
We are farming monoculture- which is decreasing species and genetic availability to decreasing biodiversity. Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years.
3. How much of our planet’s species have been identified?
Less than half of our planet's species has been identified.
4. What is a keystone species? What is an example? Why are they important?
A keystone species is the species that is needed for the ecosystem to maintain structure. An example is a jaguar, they are important because they control the number of species in an area and how the population of every ecosystem is.
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?
We are a keystone species in our ecosystem and we can make big changes in the world. We are the number one cause of why species decline.
Biodiversity is the variation in life.
2. What are we doing to decrease biodiversity? What is a monoculture?
We are farming monoculture- which is decreasing species and genetic availability to decreasing biodiversity. Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years.
3. How much of our planet’s species have been identified?
Less than half of our planet's species has been identified.
4. What is a keystone species? What is an example? Why are they important?
A keystone species is the species that is needed for the ecosystem to maintain structure. An example is a jaguar, they are important because they control the number of species in an area and how the population of every ecosystem is.
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?
We are a keystone species in our ecosystem and we can make big changes in the world. We are the number one cause of why species decline.