SPI 0807.5.4 (Biodiversity) Identify several reasons for the importance of maintaining the earth

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SPI 0807.5.4 Biodiversity
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Biodiversity is the amount and variety of
organisms that live in a given area at a given
time.
SPI 0807.5.4 (Biodiversity) Identify several
reasons for the importance of maintaining the
earths biodiversity. 8 Reasons to Maintain
Biodiversity 1) To feed the world (limited
variety of food plants) 2) For more medicine
(many medicines come from wild plants) 3) To
maintain our economies (lumber, fishing, farming,
etc.) 4) Life support (trees provide oxygen,
oysters clean the water) 5) To maintain food webs
(webs are delicate and fragile) 6) To satisfy
human curiosity (learn more about nature) 7)
Preserve nature's beauty (Parks Yellowstone,
Smokies, etc.) 8) To respect all life forms (all
species have a right to live)
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SPI 0807.5.4 Biodiversity
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