Unit A: Biological Diversity Unit Project

As is written in the article, “He says zoos play a major role in educating people about animals and promoting wildlife conservation.” Ultimately, what the person is trying to clarify is how zoos play a vital role in our associations to conserve flora and fauna. Conjointly, without zoos, people will waste the wildlife and continue to pollute the earth. Without zoos, animal life would cease to exist. You may go against the grain and consider that zoos must be banned for the fact that they are very deadly to the environment. Nevertheless, I still hold my conviction that zoos are a must. At length, zoos persuade the public to conserve the

When people think of a zoos they are to think about all the cool animals and their trainer doing tricks with them right? No, that is totally wrong. Most of the zoos don’t even care about the animals, all they care about is their paycheck and more money. Zoos usually want babies in the zoo because that is what people are attracted to more. When they grow up and aren’t as cute they are sold to other places for big money. The reason why they would have to sell them is because when they are smaller they attract more attention and make them more money. When they grow up they aren’t as playful and enjoying to watch so they sell them to get money to get other baby animals so they can make more money.

Since the Industrial Revolution we have practiced deforestation, burned fossil fuels, and as a result we have disrupted stable ecosystems. Advances in medicine and technology have given humans the ability to increase their carrying capacity. While increasing our carrying capacity we have also decreased biodiversity around the world. We have introduced different species in new environments to help ourselves

The topic of zoos and whether or not they’re humane have quickly become one of the biggest controversial topics in the past twenty years. There is not much of a ‘middle’ perspective in this debate, rather people tend to lie on two completely opposite ends of the spectrum when displaying their beliefs pertaining to the zoo debate. I chose to research this topic because though I have strong beliefs, I think that, on this matter specifically, people often jump to a certain side without any prior research or actual education on the subject. I think that it’s important to understand both sides of the argument of zoos before sustaining a side. Another reason why I chose this topic was to moreso educate myself and to make sure that the knowledge I

Some associations are claiming that zoos should be banned because it’s having negative impact on the animals. They reject the idea that zoos are made to preserve some species from extinction. Their argument is that if zoos were really made for that solely purpose then the species in the zoos will not be kept for public viewing. These associations propose

The reading states that zoos are essential to a modern culture that places value in animal life and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor states that zoos do not provide all these benefits stated in the reading passage and refutes each of the authors' reasons.

We are studying biodiversity in a pond and a creek. We went out to Thunder Bay Pond and took water samples to survey microorganisms living in the water using stereoscopes and regular microscopes to identify organisms and record them on a data chart. We then took samples from a creek near the thunder bay pond and repeated the same steps. While we were surveying organisms from our water samples, we constructed two data tables: one to draw pictures and record movements and the other to record the amount of organisms and the kinds. We also recorded what the organism appears to eat and how it moves. You could also record how the organism deals with light by adjusting the light on the microscope and recording any change in behavior. We placed a few drops of water into a petri dish and observed microorganisms under a microscope. We also prepared wet mount slides using a

Have you ever been to a zoo? There are plenty to go to but there are a many reason for why we shouldn’t have zoos. Surplus animals are killed, they don’t have the same amount of running space as they would out in the wild. A zoo for a animal can be miserable for them, for either mistreatment or even worse sometimes for no reason. Now you are probably wondering, why should I care about some animals that live in a zoo. These animals don’t deserve the horrific treatment that they sometimes get from a person, nor should they be held in captivity.

After all, every year, 175 million people visit American zoos, to learn about or see animals, according to the Statistic Brain Research Institute (“Zoo Statistics”, 1). This large amount of people visiting means that zoos need a lot of people running them. There are many jobs provided by zoos. Zoo directors, curators, zookeepers, and veterinarians are just a few of these (“Wildlife Careers”). All these jobs help lower the unemployment rate, and help to create a stronger economy. Naturally, jobs help the local economy. But zoos also influence the local economy in other ways. Zoos help boost the local economy. A study by the Cincinnati Zoo revealed that visitors spent $23.2 million on off-site spending in Cincinnati (“Zoo Boosts Local Economy with Big Regional Impact”). Zoos bring in tourists, who spend money on hotels, tour guides, public transportation, and in many more places. This extra profit helps raise the standard of living, and, of course, boosts the economy. Humans benefit from zoo revenue, but they aren’t the only ones. Revenue generated by zoos help increase the zoo animal’s standard of life. Some zoos are updating their habitats, to make conditions better for the animals, such as the Lied Jungle Exhibit at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo (Nichols and Tarpy, 9-14).Such operations are extremely expensive. In order to pay for such things, they use the revenue generated from customers of the zoos. Zoos not only use revenue to pay for the care of animals; they also use it to help conserve endangered animals as

Biodiversity presents occurrence of variety of species and their natural community in which they live. By the definition it is “The degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. It is a measure of the health of ecosystems and is in part a function of climate.” (Rutherford) Ecosystem is on the other hand, “ community and its abiotic environment”( Rutherford). Biodiversity exists in every ecosystem, weather it is big one, or just ecosystem of one garden, it has the same importance because without it nature loses its ability to perform major functions needed for life on Earth, as it is oxygen production. Trough this investigation, two different ecosystems will be explored and

The consequences of mass extinctions affect biological diversity greatly. By removing large numbers species, this could reduce thriving and complex communities. These events are random and effect species greatly, permanently removing species with highly advantageous features and change the course of evolution forever. Whenever extinctions occur, a trickledown effect can occur. An example of this could be how a certain plant may go extinct, and a worm eats that plant.

As global population increases, the more resources are needed and become high in demand. Some of the resources that are in high demand are fuel, water and food. Biodiversity is very important for humans to understand because it helps us to understand the variation of species and how life originated on planet earth. Biodiversity is crucial to this planet because if the chain is disturbed then the planet could be put to a halt. Humans are interdependent on biodiversity so without it both of our systems would start declining. Think about it like this, imagine an early morning, waking up to many different animals in your backyard. These animals would consists of birds, squirrels and a butterfly. Then slowly you start seeing that these animals are vanishing. Unfortunately, this is happening in forests. Earth is going through a mass extinction that is becoming dangerous for mankind. Humans are not taking much interest in this issue because they are not seeing the real damage with their own eyes. Extinction would take millions of years for it to finally take its course and those living today know they won’t be around for those millions of years. Every step taken in these years is affecting Earth slowly. Not every human could go into a forest and see what is happening and see all the planets and animals that are still around. But fortunately for Cal Poly Pomona students, the campus has a bio trek center that consist of a

Humans are clearing forests (deforestation) to occupy more land to urbanise more areas. Thus, as humans continue to exploit the habitat of animals and plants for their own selfish needs, they harm the entire environment of the earth. The deforestation has resulted in a variety of animals, which dwell in that area, to leave the habitat. This is quite alarming as it could result in the loss of those species diversity in the future.

Think for an instance about life without zoos or aquariums. You might cheer because of the thought that the animals are free, you may feel upset because you will no longer see your favorite animal, or perhaps you could feel indifferent. Nonetheless, zoos and aquariums are a humane and essential resource to understanding our life, our species, and our world. Constructing zoos and aquariums are an ethical and beneficial practice because they are places that provide human contact with nature and animals without harming the animals’ habitats, they prohibit endangered animals from becoming extinct and conserve the animals’ population, and they improve the health of the animals. Zoos and aquariums are rational, noble, and benevolent in these manners

Another human activity that can cause a loss of biodiversity in introducing invasive species into ecosystems which can cause the decline or even extinction of native species. Anthropogenic global warming is also a major cause of ecosystem changes, like rising sea level and temperature changes, which affects biodiversity (Gitay et al. 2002).