Biodiversity and waste management

Question 1

What do different species depend on each other for ?

Answer 1

Different things in an ecosystem

Question 2

What can different species also help do ?

Answer 2

Keep the conditions in the environment right for each other

Question 3

What can having a higher biodiversity mean ?

Answer 3

The ecosystem is more stable

Question 4

What is the population of the world doing ?

Answer 4

Increasing

Question 5

What is happening to the world ?

Answer 5

There are more people that need more resources to survive

Question 6

What is happening when people demand a higher standard of living ?

Answer 6

We use more raw materials which uses more energy in order to make these things

Question 7

What is happening to resources ?

Answer 7

there are more resources being used more quickly than being replaced

Question 8

What things are contributing to polluting lakes ?

Answer 8

Sewage and toxic chemicals

Question 9

What pollution can be washed into the water ?

Answer 9

Fertilisers which can affect plants and animals who rely on sources of water for survival

Question 10

What can be polluted on the land ?

Answer 10

Fertilisers, household waste in landfill sites

Question 11

What can pollute the air ?

Answer 11

Smoke and acidic gases when they are released into the atmosphere