Paper 2: Biodiversity

Question 1

What are the moral reason for maintaining biodiversity?

Answer 1

Humans should respect other living organisms

Question 2

What is the ecosystem structure reason for maintaining biodiversity?

Answer 2

Some organisms have an important role in ecosystems

Question 3

What is the usefulness reason for maintaining biodiversity?

Answer 3

Some species are particularly useful to humans

Question 4

What is reforestation?

Answer 4

Replanting forest where they have been destroyed

Question 5

What are the advantages of reforestation?

Answer 5

Restore habitats for species that are endangered
Reduces the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air as the trees photosynthesise
Tree roots bind the soil together
Affect local climate