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Transcript of PPT Lecture: Vanishing Species. Slide 2 - Biodiversity Bio = Life Diversity = Different # of...
Slide 3 - Stop and Think!What would have a greater biodiversity?
A tropical rain forest or a desert?Pretend both are equal in size.
Slide 4 - Stop and Think Again!What country has the greatest biodiversity of mammals?
Canada = 163
United States = 367
Mexico = 439
Slide 5 - Terrestrial BiodiversityTends to increase the closer an areas is to the equator because
it is warmer.Tropical regions contains 2/3 of all land species on Earth!
Slide 6 - Stop and Think!What would have a greater Biodiversity? The small island of
Maui or the bigger island of Iceland?
Slide 8 - Loss of BiodiversityExtinction – Disappearance of a species!
Endangered Species – When a species is close to extinction!
Threatened Species – When pop. of species declines rapidly