Do Now- May 4, 2018 Period 9 by Jill Walters

Lily Onorato

2018-05-04 17:47:22 UTC

I found it interesting how many things biodiversity gives to us. For example options of food. This is interesting to me because it shows that life without biodiversity would be very different.

Savannah Pomeroy

2018-05-04 17:47:23 UTC

Based on my reading of “ What Is Biodiversity” I found it interesting the the more biodiversity there is in a habit the better of a chance it will survive. While on the other hand if biodiversity is decreesed ( less than) that it will have a slimmer chance of survival. I found this intriguing because I have never researched biodiversity and so I knew almost nothing about the topic. As a result the new information took me be surprise. But I never knew a habit and the animals that live within it depend on if the animals are biodiverse.

Dictionary Definition
Biodiversity :the existence of many different kinds of plants and animals in an environment

Sum up
Biodiversity: Plants and animals in an area that are different

Keri-Anne

2018-05-04 17:47:50 UTC

I found it confusing that places with more biodiversity are most likely to survive. I found this confusing because I didn’t get how or why. I was wondering if it was just this way, or if we did something to get this way. And it is not always fair. There isn’t always a wide variety of plants and animals in places. There could be less animals in NY than in CA.

Milla

2018-05-04 17:48:41 UTC

One thing I found both confusing and surprising based on my reading of the text, “What is biodiversity”, is that humankind can only survive if there is biodiversity. I found this confusing because I kept thinking, “How is biodiversity important for mankind?”. And I found this surprising because I would never think of biodiversity. And now that I have learned about biodiversity and how people ruin it, I want to do so much to help same biodiversity and ecosystems. In the text, it talk about how there was a biological diversity convention that was open for signature in 1992. It was also surprising that every where in the world has signed it and ratified it except for the United States. People around the world (except for us) is trying to save biodiversity since 1993! Why can’t the United States sign it? This is what I found surprising and confusing.

Joseph Alexan

2018-05-04 17:49:10 UTC

I found it surprising that animals are dying 1000 to 10000 times faster then usual. I found this surprising because at that rate for all we know we could be feeding them poison because that is extremely fast. Also this means we have no care what’s so ever maybe 5 times more would not be noticeable but 10000 WE ARE DOING SOMETHING HORRIBLELY WRONG HERE!

Nathan

2018-05-04 17:49:17 UTC

I found it interesting to learn what biodiversity actually is and why it is so crucial to having a healthy environment. I now fully understand what biodiversity is. I also found the analogy that biodiversity is “like insurance” interesting as it helped me better understand why biodiversity is so important.

Cassidy Khachetoorian

2018-05-04 17:49:44 UTC

While reading “What is Biodiversity” I was surprised on how many different species of animals Earth has. This is because compared to many planets Earth is small so imagine how many species a planet bigger than Earth with life on it might have.

Antonio

2018-05-04 17:49:46 UTC

I found it interesting that it can make you money , I found this interesting because if you can make money off it why don’t people protect it? Who doesn’t want money? I’m I right?

Abigail Roman

2018-05-04 17:49:48 UTC

I found that the importance of biodiversity in our lives was interesting because I never knew that it contributes to the amount of activities was can participate in. The text claims that biodiversity gives us more choices of foods to eat. This shows me that I can be eating so many food because of biodiversity. Also the text states that biodiversity allows us to enjoys different places in nature. This describes how biodiversity allows us to see nature at its finest.

LUCAS ANTENUCCI

2018-05-04 17:50:08 UTC

What I found confusing is that they said the USA was the only country not to sign the paper. I don’t believe that at all. Out of all the 195 countries only the USA didn’t sign that. That is absolute Bull. The USA takes much better care of the environment then many other countries.

Adriano

2018-05-04 17:50:44 UTC

Based on my reading, what I found most surprising was that about 65 million years ago, three-quarters of species on earth suddenly went extinct, including the dinosaurs, and scientists estimated that the same proportion of species are going extinct because of human actions, this is because its surprising how humans have killed almost the same proportion of species just like 65 million years ago.

kimberly

2018-05-04 17:50:56 UTC

based on my reading of “what is biodiversity” what I found most surprising is that in the text it states “today scientists estimate that the same proportion of species are goin extinct because of human actions. They are dying off at an alarming rate which is 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than normal”. This is what I found most surprising based on my reading of “what is biodiversity”

Stephanie

sg502100 — 2018-05-04 17:50:57 UTC

Based on my reading of “What is biodiversity” I found it interesting that some areas are more biodiverse than others. For example, in the text it states “Tropical areas are more diverse than polar regions and deserts. They have more species of plants and animals. In the oceans, tropical coral reefs are the most rich in species.” This is what I found interesting based on my reading of “ What is biodiversity”.

Diana

2018-05-04 17:51:17 UTC

Based on my reading of the text, “What is biodiversity” what I found most interesting and surprising is that their are five major reasons for the disappearance of animals. In the text it claims, “ They are habit destruction, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation and pollution”. This is what I found interesting and surprising because all these problems are caused by us.

Matthew Dalpoont

mattkingoflolz12345 — 2018-05-04 17:52:16 UTC

Biodiversity is the wide variety of living things in the world that we know, and the ones that are undiscovered from our animal kingdom. What i found surprising is that the biodiverse places in the world, such as rainforests and jungles are becoming smaller, and most of the species of biodiverse animals have been wiped out. Makes me feel a bit bad.