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Biodiversity and
HIPPO
Vocabulary Review
• Ecosystem- A community of organisms interacting with a
particular environment.
• Habitat- The environment in which a population or
individual lives; includes not only the place where a
species is found, but also the particular characteristics
of the place (e.g., climate or the availability of suitable
food and shelter) that make it especially well suited to
meet the life cycle needs of that species.
• Niche- The ecological role of a species; the set of
resources it consumes and habitats it occupies.
• Species- Population of organisms that live in an area
that mate and produce fertile offspring
What is Biodiversity?
• A measure of the variety of life, biodiversity is
often described on three levels.
• Ecosystem diversity describes the variety of
habitats present;
• Species diversity is a measure of the number of
species and the number of individuals of each
species present;
• Genetic diversity refers to the total amount of
genetic variability present.
HIPPO Activity
• Read the Student page: Prairie Chicken
Problem.
• Divide into groups of three and pick up one set
of Prairie Chicken cards.
• Take turns reading the cards aloud in your
group.
• Organize the cards into 4 or 5 major categories
of threats to the prairie chicken.
• Name each category and record what cards
were placed into each category.
• Come up with possible solutions to the different
categories of threats to the population.
HIPPO
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H- Habitat Loss
I- Invasive or Introduced Species
P- Population (Human and the Species)
P- Pollution
O- Over-consumption
Ways to Protect
Biodiversity
• Legal Action
– Endangered Species Act of 1973
– Clean Water Act
– Montreal Protocol
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Wildlife Sanctuaries and Preserves
Corporate Stewardship
National Parks and National Forests
Habitat Restoration & Preservation
Zoos- Captive Breeding
Population Management Plans
Seed Banks
Scientific Research
Quick Quiz
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The Eastern sand darter is declining due to poor water quality.
Drainage of wetlands for agriculture have caused the Illinois mud
turtle’s numbers to decline.
The multiflora rose, a non-native species, now covers areas once
inhabited by native plants.
The human population is currently over 6.4 billion.
Bison were the first large animals to be killed off following European
settlement of Illinois.
Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, and Osprey numbers declined dramatically
in the 1960’s because pesticides used on crops caused the birds to
lay thin eggs.
There are currently 200 California Condors.
The spotted owl is declining due to logging of old-growth forests in
the Pacific Northwest.
The Lake Trout out-competes with the native Cutthroat Trout in
Yellowstone Lake causing Cutthroat numbers to decline.
The wolf was hunted to extinction in the western U.S. in 1926.