Biodiversity is the variety of life in a habitat or ecosystem. The more diversity in an ecosystem, the more resistant it is to the impacts of climate change.

What is Biodiversity?

Click the arrows to compare these two diagrams of a forest:

A bear family in a lush green forest
A forest being cut down with logging equipment, no animals are living here anymore.
Forest bear habitat
Deforestation clear cut trees
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THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Based on what you have learned in class about biodiversity and deforestation, think about the following questions:

  1. What things do you see, observe, or notice in each diagram?
  2. What do you think is going on? Why?
  3. What does it make you wonder?