Ecology & Biodiversity Web Search                                                                 Name_____________________

 

Answer each question below using the WWW as a resource.  Use the links suggested or find your own, but you must list them.

 

1.  Define the words....

 

            a) Ecology.....

 

            b) Ecosystem...

 

            b) Biodiversity ....

 

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html

 

http://www.lesslawn.com/pages/glossary.html

 

2.  Describe the ecosystem we live in.

 

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na0801_full.html

 

3.  Describe three other California Ecosystems.  Name some plants and animals that live there.  Include pictures if you can.

 

http://www.fs.fed.us/land/ecosysmgmt/ecoreg1_home.html