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Biodiversity Web Quest

Biodiversity Web Quest

Everything Counts”

Name ____________________________ Date ___________ Period ______ Score _____

Goal: To comprehend biodiversity and the key levels of: species, genetic, ecosystem and cultural diversity.

Directions:

Working with your lab partner and the web page titled “Biodiversity Everything Counts” http://www.amnh.org/explore/ology


What Is the Big Idea? (don’t forget to use the “next” button in this section)

  1. What is biodiversity and how many types are there?





  1. Why is biodiversity so important anyway? List seven reasons why biodiversity is so important.





  1. What can you do to help preserve biodiversity?




Saving Species

  1. Scientist are not finding a diverse population of organism on the coral reefs in the Bahamas, why?




  1. What is so unique about Madagascar’s ecosystem?





  1. What is happening to the forest of Madagascar and what is the outcome?



  1. Why is saving the biodiversity on Madagascar so important?




  1. Why does Australia have such an unusual variety of spiders?




Going Going Gone

  1. What are five reasons species are becoming extinct? Explain how






  1. What does it mean for a species to be extinct? Give an example





  1. How do invasive species travel or spread to a different ecosystem? Give an example.






What is Biodiversity?- Go to the “Global Issues – Biodiversity” web site

http://www.globalissues.org/issue/169/biodiversity

1. What is the definition this website gives for biodiversity?

On this web site, scroll down and click on “Loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions”

2. What is the current rate of extinction listed here (compared to the “background rate”?



3. List three different statistics related to biodiversity that you find here




Why does biodiversity matter?- https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/what-s-the-big-idea-about-biodiversity2

Click Next until you come to the section titled “Why is Biodiversity So Important Anyway?

List five of the benefits of biodiversity that are listed here:

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Biodiversity Threats- Go to : http://www.globalissues.org/article/171/loss-of-biodiversity-and-extinctions


4. List and describe five examples of declining biodiversity listed here.

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What can you do?- Go to http://www.amnh.org/our-research/center-for-biodiversity-conservation/what-you-can-do


2. List and describe five actions listed here that individuals can do to help create and support biodiversity?

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3. Which of these options are most relevant to you? Explain.





Go to the Spectrum of Life page- http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/biodiversity-and-environmental-halls/hall-of-biodiversity/spectrum-of-life


Choose 5 major groups of organisms. For each group list the number of known species, where they live, and the ecological role and human uses

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American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/



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