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Week Two: Map Mastery
Please list & define the Three Important Types of Diversity discussed in the two Biodiversity Videos.
Please Provide a short Description/Definition for each of these Three Terms:
Please Describe why these three are considered to be Grand Challenges of Sustainability
Please Describe what you see in each of the 3 maps on this page…
Week Two: Map Mastery Answer
1) Ecosystem Diversity – Diversity between ecosystems. Ecosystem is defined as the interaction between living species and their nonliving envirnment
2) Species Diversity – Diveristy between species; for example, North and South America has tens of thousands of different species of flowering plants
3) Genetic Diversity – Diveristy within species through their genetic composition. If two species are closely related or share similar features, it means they share the same genetic information