ACTIVITY 1
BIO DIVERSITY
Look at the word “biodiversity”. It’s actually two words combined together. With your partner,
breakdown the meaning of the two words in biodiversity.
Bio
Bio means life or living things/organisms
Diversity
Diversity means understanding that each individual is unique and can recognize our individual
differences.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is shortened form of words from "biological" and "diversity"
Biodiversity is defined as different kinds of life that can be found in one area/place.
It refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth.
1. Plants
2. Animals
3. Fungi
4. Micro-organisms
ACTIVITY 2
put a check (√) mark on the box of your choice under day 1: my opinion. and look for evidences
and that may support and not support the statements and place a check mark on your decision
whether you agree or disagree.
DAY 1: MY EVIDENCES/FINDINGS DAY 2: MY
OPINION DECISION
AGREE DISAGREE SUPPORT NO SUPPORT AGREE DISAGREE
1.Environmental Humans can slow the While we
changes caused rate and limit the can`t stop
by humans can amount of global global
always be warming by reducing warming,
reversed the human emissions Earth
of heat trapping and temperature
other doings that would
cause environmental continue to
changes. rise for few
decades as
ocean
currents bring
excess heat
stored in the
deep ocean
back to the
surface.
2.We can learn The past can teach us Nobody is
from previous lessons. And able to
environmental according to Felix foresee the
disasters so that Riede, an associate future. Our
we will not professor at Aarhus limited
repeat the same University, we may understandin
mistake. learn a lot from the g of the
past about the mechanisms
various ways that that govern
natural disasters slope failures
affect society. as well as the
intrinsic
complexity
and chaotic
nature of
landslides are
the main
causes of the
uncertainty.
Other natural
disasters
including
hurricanes,
earthquakes,
volcanic
eruptions,
floods, and
droughts are
comparable
to this.
3. All scientific I’d say that in many Each one of us
experiments do fields of science has a role to
not effect the direct experiment play in ending
biodiversity is highly unlikely to biodiversity
affect biodiversity, loss and
but the ‘supply chain’ preserving
of equipment and nature for
consumables that human well-
support the being. As
experiment may well individuals we
do so - something must rethink
few scientists think what we buy
about, I suspect. and use and
become
conscious
consumers. If
we are to
change our
current
course of
destruction to
one of
custodianship
of nature, we
must first
LEARN about
what we can
do SHARE that
knowledge
with our
family and
friends on
World
Environment
Day and
beyond and
ACT on the
things we
need to
change.
One organism Yes, perhaps, but Every
becoming then it does also organism is
extinct does not depend on the important.
hurt natural species that it that's why we
because there happens to! are protecting
are millions of For example a single them and
organism on species of maybe preventing
earth ANTS may not make a their
huge difference and extinction.
that loss will be taken Every
up very quickly by organism has
some other species, it's own
or some other Ants, function and
but if that species roles in our
does something environment.
major that other
species rely on
greatly, then no, I do
not agree what so
ever!
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ACTIVIVITY 4
How would you reconcile the emerging needs of human beings regarding their health and the
need to protect the biodiversity?
1. Use of Renewable sources of energy so as to avoid the consumption of fossil fuels along with the
use of energy efficient devices.
2. Using Recycled material like recycling of paper which helps to save the environment and trees.
3. Do not do overfishing to prevent the vanishing of aquatic habitat from any water body.
4. establishment of small organic farms so as to increase greenery and hence oxygen level in the
environment, growing of more and more trees. Promoting afforestation and stopping
deforestation.
5. Demanding of better quality food and hence leads to the decreased use of fertilizers and
pesticides in the environment which provides better quality land.
