BIODIVERSITY

Prepared by: Honey Kaye A. Pangan

Learning objectives:
✓explain biodiversity;
✓classify the three types of species;
✓differentiate the ups and downs of
population growth; and
✓cite the positive and negative of
human impact on the environment.
What is Biodiversity?
✓A variety of life found in a place on
Earth.
 Three Levels of
Biodiversity
✓ Genetic Diversity
✓ Ecosystem Diversity
✓ Species Diversity
Genetic Diversity
➢ is the inheritance unit by
which generations can
inherit the features of
their parents.
Ecosystem Diversity
➢ variation in the
ecosystems found in a
region.
Species Diversity
➢ the number and
relative abundance of
different species in a
specific area.
Three Types of Species Diversity

➢ Endemic Species
➢ Exotic Species
➢ Cosmopolitan Species
 Endemic Species
➢ Found in a defined
physical-geographical
place and not anywhere
else in the world.
 Exotic Species

➢ Organisms that
have been
introduced into an
area outside their
normal
distribution.
Cosmopolitan Species
➢ Can be found on
all continents.
➢ Opposite of a
cosmopolitan
species is an
endemic.
What is Population?

➢ The whole
number of
inhabitants
occupying an
area.
Four Fundamental Factors

➢ Birth rate
➢ Death rate
➢ Immigration
➢ Emigration
 Birth Rate
➢ The demographic
measure of the rate
at which children
are born.
 Death Rate
➢ The ratio of deaths
to the population of
a particular area or
during a particular
period of time.
 Immigration

➢ Movement of
people into a
region.
Emigration
➢ Movement of
people out of
the region.
Negative Human Impact on the
Environment
➢ Habitat loss
➢ Pollution
➢ Invasive species
➢ Overexploitation of natural
resources
➢ Climate change
Habitat loss
✓ loss occurs through
land-use changes.
Pollution
➢ Harmful substances
enter the environment.
Invasive Species
➢ An organism that is
not indigenous
particular area.
➢ It can cause
economic and environmental
harm to the new area.
Overexploitation of natural
resources
➢ Over harvesting of
natural resources such
as plants and animals,
to the point where it is
extremely threatening
biodiversity.
Climate change
➢ A long-term shift in global
weather patterns.
 Positive Human Impact on the
Environment
➢ Recycling
➢ Establishing wildlife preserves and
parks
➢ Creating green, open space laws
➢ Doing reforestation
➢ Creating environmental regulations.