
- What is biodiversity? Why does it matter? Be specific.
- How is biodiversity related to medicine? To the food we eat?
- List three biotic and three abiotic components of a biome.
- List all 8 biomes, two features of each, and a specific location of where this biome exists.
- What biomes can you find in Canada/ What biome are you in?
- What other countries have the same biomes as Canada? List three different biomes and where they are located.
- Why do you think these biomes are found in different countries? What similarities do these two locations have (eg. temperature? moisture? landforms?)?
- What is the difference between a biome, an ecosystem and habitat?
- In what ways are we losing habitat?
- Why is habitat fragmentation detrimental to biodiversity?
- How do plants benefit from animals? How do animals benefit from plants?
- How do forests and wetlands keep our drinking water clean?
- What would happen if we lost biodiversity in Canada? In the world?
- List three ways you can help protect biodiversity in your community.