ELL Why protect biodiversity

Biodiversity is

• all the species on the planet
• not important
• a kind of engineering

"Harvesting" species is part of the ______________ reason to protect species.

• medical

• economic

• agricultural

A kind of engineering based on nature is _________________

• biomimicry

• biodiversity

• medical

This bee is ____________ a flower.

• pollinating
• biodiversity
• protecting

When people visit a place to see the ecosystem and spend money, this is called _____________________

• ecotourism
• biomimicry
• agriculture

When a species is all gone, it is

• extinct

• endangered

• threatened

Ecosystems help humans.  We call this ___________________

• an ecosystem service
• a biodiversity
• an economic reason

All species are part of a food web. This is part of the ________ reason to protect species.

• ecological

• medicinal

• ethical

Protecting a species because it is right is the __________ reason to protect biodiversity

• moral

• economic

• agriculture

All organisms are part of a food web.  This is  __________________ reason to protect biodiversity.

• an ecological
• an economic
• a medical