1. Unit 2B- Biodiversity Reading in Textbook: Chapter 10

2. Biodiversity Warm Up Question: Answer in your notebook  What is your favorite animal? Why?

3.  Biodiversity:  short for biological diversity – usually this term is used to refers to the variety of different species in a given area  Biosphere:  All Life on Earth

4. What kinds of biodiversity are out there?

5. Insects…

6. Fungi…

7. Arachnids…

8. Nematodes…

9. Bacteria…

10. Plants…

11. Mollusks…

12. Algae….

13. Others…

14. Protozoans…

15. Crustaceans…

16. Vertebrates…

17. How do we measure biodiversity?

18. Levels of Biodiversity  Species- variety of different organisms  Ecosystem- variety of habitats and organisms  Genetic- variability within a species (DNA)

19. Species Diversity

20. Genetic Diversity

21. Ecosystem Diversity

22. Why is biodiversity important?

23. Agriculture….

24. Medicine…

25. Ethical

26. Aesthetic

27. EcoTourism  Where nature and $$ co-exist  Countries set aside national park land  Wealthy people from other countries pay to visit  Typically in biodiversity “hotspots”  Rainforests, exotic ecosystems  End Goals:  Host country makes $$  Eco-tourists leave happy  Ecosystem remains (relatively) undisturbed

28. Aesthetic

30. Species Survival

31. Stability of Ecosystems

32. Potential???