Intro to Biodiversity (p1)

Intro to Biodiversity

By Mrs. Forero

Our Guiding question:

Why is it important to protect biodiversity?

What is Biodiversity?

Biodiversity encompasses all living species on Earth and their relationships to each other.

This includes the differences in genes, species and ecosystems. Having many different living things allows Nature to recover from change. If too much biodiversity is lost, there is a problem because we depend on it to survive.

Multiple Select

Biodiversity includes which of the following? (Choose all that apply)

• genes

• species

• ecosystems

• non-living things

Multiple Choice

True or False?

Biodiversity ONLY refers to animals.

• True

• False

Some text here about the topic of discussion

FALSE!

It includes ALL living species on Earth including animals and plants! ​

Let's focus on the animal biodiversity.

Animals are classified into two different categories:

• Vertebrate

• Invertabrate​

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Multiple Choice

Which category do Humans go under?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

Open Ended

Give me ONE example of a Vertebrate organism.

Reminder: Vertebrate has a spine.

Open Ended

Give me ONE example of a Invertebrate organism.

Reminder: Vertebrate has NO spine.

Draw

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