Biosphere Explorers Logo by Jessie Black, Castle Douglas High School

Session 3:

BIODIVERSITY
The variety of plant and animal life in
the world or in a particular habitat.
 European Beaver

Alter their habitat, creating wetlands and

preventing flooding downstream.

Not endangered.
 Mass Extinction Events in the History of Life on Earth
70

60
Permian

50
Ordovician
Triassic
Cretaceous
40
Devonian

30

20

10

0
MYA 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 240 250 275 300 325 350 360 375 400 425 440 450 475 500

% Extinction
 The Dodo

The dodo died out so

quickly that we don’t
really know what it looked
like, or even what colour
it was!

The dodo could not fly

and because it was not
used to humans it didn’t
know to run away, so it
was very easy to catch.
BIODIVERSITY
The variety of plant and animal life in
the world or in a particular habitat.
 What has
biodiversity ever
done for me?