Lesson 3 Biodiversity

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

• Biotic are non-living things
• Abiotic are living organisms
• Biotic is life,
  Abiotic is non-living
• Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

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Which option is abiotic?

• Plants
• Bacteria
• Water
• Fungi

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Which option is abiotic?

• Plants
• Rocks
• Animals
• Fungi

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Which option is biotic?

• Light
• Water
• Salt in the water
• Angel fish

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What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.
• The different amount of species in an area
• All abiotic life
• Nitrogen fixation

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Great Biodiversity = Great Sustainability

• True

• False

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Biodiversity is best described as...

• the amount of different species of organisms (plants and animals) living in the same area.

• when only a few species inhabit an area.

• when only one organism (plants and animals) is found living in one area.

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the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

• biodiversity

• demography

• carrying capacity

• poaching

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A species form that supports an entire ecosystem.

• Keystone Species

• Herbivores

• Umbrella Species

• Predators

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What is a keystone species?

• A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

• A species that lives in or around rocks

• Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

• A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

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