Grade 6 Biodiversity Unit Review

Grade 6 Biodiversity Unit Review

• Characteristics of Vertebrates (know the 5 classes)
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals

• Food webs
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Producer

• Benefits of biodiversity
• Clothing
• Recreation
• Medicine
• Food
• Household

• Threats to biodiversity
• Endangered
• An endangered species is a species of organisms facing a very high risk of extinction.
• Extirpated
• Local extinction, or extirpation, is the condition of a species (or other taxon) which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions.
  
• Threatened
• Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.
• Extinct
• no longer in existence; that has ended or died out
• Special concern
• a species is of special concern because of characteristics that make it particularly sensitive to human activities or natural events

• Bioinvasion
• What is it?
• Impact of bioinvasion on biodiversity

• Monoculture Farming
• What is it?
• Pros
• Cons

• Benefits of wetlands
• Ducks unlimited website

http://www.ducks.ca/learn-about-wetlands/why-i-care/