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Activity 1Biodiversity and Sustainability

Activity 1: Biodiversity and Sustainability

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Describe four ecosystems you are familiar with, one of each of the following:◦A large ecosystem◦A small ecosystem◦A local ecosystem◦A distant ecosystem

What benefits do humans derive from these ecosystems?


Introduction

Biodiversity or biological diversity is the combination of: ◦ assortment of species across the earth and

within and between ecosystems and ◦ the variation in the genetic composition of a

species.

Read the Introduction.


Introduction

Sustainability is the ability to meet a community’s present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Endemic species are those that are found exclusively in one area.

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How are the biodiversity of an ecosystem and the sustainability of human communities related?

Challenge


The Island of Kapikua


Species Card


Follow Up

How did your sustainability scores on Student Sheet 1.3, “Sustainability Scores,” change over the course of the game?


Follow Up

Ecosystem services can be broadly defined as the benefits received from ecosystems, including natural resources and processes that humans and other species rely on for survival.

What types of ecosystem services did your group encounter in the game?

Analysis 3


Follow Up

How might having a greater or lesser genetic diversity influence a population over time?


A trade-off is an exchange of one thing in return for another, giving up something that is a benefit or advantage, in exchange for something that may be more desirable.

Discuss one decision you made about your ecosystem. What was the trade-off involved? How did this affect the overall sustainability (short AND long term) of your ecosystem?

Question 4, Student Sheet 1.4


How are the biodiversity of an ecosystem and the sustainability of human communities related?

Revisit the Challenge


biodiversity biological diversity ecosystem services endemic hotspot sustainability trade-off

Key Vocabulary

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