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Biodiversity: What is It?
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What do you notice? B A
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What do you notice? B A
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What do you notice? A B
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What do you notice? A B
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Conservation of Biodiversity
31/12/2018 Starter: TOTAL TIME= 3 minute 180 seconds: Own your own, think about what the word biodiversity means, and why it might be important 3 minutes: talk to your group members about your ideas Learning Objective: -understand some of the threats to biodiversity
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BIO DIVERSITY Bio= biological organisms
-living things! diversity= the amount of variation very diverse=very different! Biodiversity: the variation of biological organisms
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Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth
Scientists have identified more than 2 million species. Tens of millions -- remain unknown
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There are 3 components of biodiversity
Diversity of genes Chihuahuas, beagles, and rottweilers are all dogs—but they're not the same because their genes are different. Beagle Chihuahua Rottweilers
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Diversity of species For example, monkeys, dragonflies, and meadow beauties are all different species. Golden Skimmer Meadow Beauty Saki Monkey
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Diversity of ecosystems
Prairies, Ponds, and tropical rain forests are all ecosystems. Each one is different, with its own set of species living in it. Canadian Prairies Florida Sand hill Pond Hoh Rain Forest
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Which has more cultural diversity?
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Which has more BIODIVERSITY?
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Which has more BIODIVERSITY?
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Which has more BIODIVERSITY?
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What do we get from biodiversity?
Oxygen Food Clean Water Medicine Aesthetics
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Threats to Biodiversity
abitat Destruction I nvasive Species P opulation Increase P ollution O verexploitation
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Threats to biodiversity
Habitat destruction
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Threats to biodiversity
Invasive Species
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Threats to biodiversity
Pollution
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Threats to biodiversity
Exploitation
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