BIODIVERSITY

Science Homework 3

Hi fifth graders, here you have the third science homework, this will be presented on May, Thursday 13th, 2010. Do not forget to do it in BIODIVERSITY NOTEBOOK. As usual a link is provided for the information.

Read the information and answer the questions.

1. What is biodiversity?

2. What does biodiversity provide us with?

3. What is an ecosystem?

4. What is an ecosystem service?

5. What do you understand for provisioning service?

6. What is regulating service?

7. What is supporting service?

8. What do ecosystem “goods” include?

9. What do you understand by the term “ecosystem goods”?

10. Read the article “Why should we care?” and give your own opinion about why we should care about biodiversity.

http://www.iucn.org/iyb/about/