Biodiversity > What Do You Know About Biodiversity?

ANSWER: when two species need each other to survive

Plants and animals depend on many things to survive including each other. All living things are connected to each other in a web of life.

ANSWER: all of the above

Biodiversity does much more than just make the world a beautiful place; it also provides the resources that life needs to survive like food to eat, water to drink, air to breathe. Without biodiversity, our world would be an empty place.

ANSWER: all of the above

You can find biodiversity in the strangest places—in a puddle, in the desert, in your house, even on your skin. Biodiversity exists everywhere on Earth or above it—inside rocks, ice, and clouds.

ANSWER: arthropods

There is an arthropod invasion on Earth! Scientists have identified more than one million species of arthropods on Earth, with millions more yet to be discovered. Almost 830,000 of those are insects!

ANSWER: a mammal

Whales are marine mammals that live in oceans throughout the world. They are social animals that swim in groups called pods and communicate with underwater songs that can be heard by other whales miles away.

ANSWER: a law that protects animals or plants that are in danger of going extinct

The Endangered Species Act is a law written to help save animals and plants that are threatened in the wild. This law helps protect animals and plants from habitat destruction and hunting.

ANSWER: all of the above

Everyone can help biodiversity. Even you! Try to  reduce, reuse, recycle . Also try to plant trees, clean local rivers and parks, and protect habitats. You can even organize a biodiversity survival group in your community to help the local environment. How many things can you do to help the biodiversity in your community?