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Pitstop Check
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Biodiversity is the variety of all the different species of organisms on
earth, or within an ecosystem. |
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What is the definition of biodiversity? |
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Humans reduce the amount of land available for other animals and plants by building, quarrying, farming and dumping waste |
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How do humans reduce the amount of land available for other animals? |
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A great biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by reducing the dependence of one species on another for food, shelter and the maintenance of the physical environment. |
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What is the benefit of having a great biodiversity? |
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The destruction of peat bogs, and other areas of peat to produce garden compost, reduces the area of this habitat and thus the variety of different plant, animal and microorganism species that live there (biodiversity). |
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How does the destruction of peat bogs affect biodiversity? |
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The future of the human species on Earth relies on us maintaining
a good level of biodiversity. |
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Why is it so important to maintain biodiversity? |
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The decay or burning of the peat releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. |
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What does the decay or burning of peat lead to? |
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Many human activities are reducing
biodiversity and only recently have measures been taken to try to stop this reduction. |
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What effect to human activities have on biodiversity in general? |
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(WS) Understand the conflict between the need for cheap available compost to increase food production and the need to conserve peat bogs and peatlands as habitats for biodiversity and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions |
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Why is there conflict of opinion when it comes to the peat industry? Letter to future generations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M
Biodiversity is ‘the variety of different life found on earth’
1) Show video clip from PPt. Students to read article on ‘Why should I care about the Everglades?’ and write a summary of this article in 10 sentences.
2) Repeat this task for “Deforestation” and “Peat Bogs” – Read supporting materials and summarise the issues in 10 sentences.
3) Impact of loss of endangered species on a food web (optional)
4) Having now looked at one example the students should be in a position to independently research a habitat that is found regularly on the Natural World Heritage Site where biodiversity is at risk. There won’t be enough information to look up very specific individual places but they could look at:
a) Coral reefs
b) Rainforests
c) Mangroves
d) The Congo basin
5) There is some structure to assist them on this. Suggested websites are available and book boxes could be ordered from the library.
6) Present their research to the class. Pair the students together with another student who researched the same area and combining their research they should summarise in a poster/powerpoint/speech what they have found. |
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(WS) Explain how waste, deforestation and global warming have an impact on biodiversity. |
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What effect do waste, deforestation and global warming have on biodiversity? |
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Large-scale deforestation in tropical areas has occurred to:
? provide land for cattle and rice fields
? grow crops for biofuels. |
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What two main reasons are there for large-scale deforestation in tropical areas? |
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Students should be able to describe both positive and negative human interactions in an ecosystem and explain their impact on biodiversity. |
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What is the impact of both positive and negative human interactions in an ecosystem? |
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