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A p p e n d i x I I I Discussion Questions 1. What is biodiversity? 2. Why is biodiversity important? 3. What recent worldwide events have made the importance of biodiversity and the health of the environment more widely recognized? 4. Is there more or less diversity now than 100 million years ago? 5. How long ago did the diversity start to increase? Why? 6. Is there more or less diversity among small organisms? Why? 7. How much do scientists know about all the plants and animals on earth? 8. What is the science of systematics? Taxonomy? Classification? B i o l o g i c a l 52 D i v e r s i t y
9. Is an ecologist the same as a taxonomist? How are they the same or different? Do they work together? 10. Why is it important to know the name of an organism? 11. Do scientists have a name for every plant and animal on earth? 12. How many plants and animals are there on earth? What are scientists’ best guesses? 13. Can you name five plants that are used medicinally? 14. What can a leech do for humans? 15. Why are insects useful? Give two examples. 16. What areas of the world are called tropical? 17. What is unique about the way plants grow in the tropics? 18. Why are the tropics particularly rich but fragile environments? 19. Where is Madagascar? B i o l o g i c a l 53 D i v e r s i t y
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Biological Diversity: T H E O L D E
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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW
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Copyright © 1999 by The New York S
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Preface This book is based on a man
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Additional information on the activ
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Page 53 and 54: Global warming An increase in the c
Page 55 and 56: Ozone A form of oxygen (O 3 ) that
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