Describe the principles, threats to, and benefits of biodiversity.
Description should include
- definition of biodiversity
- effects of geographic location
- methods to promote and preserve biodiversity
- commercial, social, and economic benefits
- threats to biodiversity.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is biodiversity?
- How does biodiversity change as we move north or south of the equator?
- How does global latitude affect species diversity? In what ways can one manage an ecosystem to increase biodiversity?
- What creates a stable ecosystem?
- How does one measure biodiversity?