Biodiversity - Topic 1

Question 1

What is biodiversity?

Answer 1

Biodiversity encompasses all the species present in the world, all the ecosystems to which those species belong and all the interactions between those species
It is the variety of all life forms on earth

Question 2

Why is biodiversity important?

Answer 2

Biodiverse ecosystems are critically important because:
- they are more stable
- they are more likely to withstand and survive sudden changes
- they meet human needs

Question 3

What is genetic biodiversity?

Answer 3

Genetic biodiversity refers to the number of different alleles (genetic variations) possessed by a species

Question 4

What is species diversity?

Answer 4

Species diversity is the number of different species present in a particular ecosystem

Question 5

What is ecosystem diversity?

Answer 5

Ecosystem diversity across the world considers the various biomes and the variation within these biomes