Biodiversity

Question 1

what is biodiversity?

Answer 1

the number of different species in a certain area

Question 2

What is Biodiversity important for?

Answer 2

. food
. potential foods
. industrial materials
. new medicine
. human wellbeing

Question 3

what leads to a decrease in biodiversity?

Answer 3

. destruction of habitats
. disease
. alien species

Question 4

why are habitats being destroyed?

Answer 4

. building
. industry
. agriculture

Question 5

what is CITES?

Answer 5

. **convention on international trade in endangered species **
. agreement in the market to prevent trade of endangered species

Question 6

What is SSSI?

Answer 6

. sites of special scientific interest
. sites that are legally protected because they are rare habitats or contain rare species

Question 7

What are Captive Breeding Programs?

Answer 7

. increase species number through breeding then release them back to the wild eg zoo’s

Question 8

What are seed banks ?

Answer 8

a way of maintaing genetic biodiversity in case a plant or animal becomes sick