Biodiversity

Biodiversity Worksheet

In a total of 350 to 700 words, answer the following questions about diversity. Cite at least two references while answering the questions.

Question

Response

What is conservation biology? What is biodiversity?

What is a species?

What is the difference between a threatened species, an endangered species, and an extinct species?

Provide at least one example each of a threatened, endangered, and extinct species, and explain why these species meet the criteria.

Explain how different species contribute to biodiversity and why conservation biologists are concerned with specific species.

References

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