Activity 2.3 - Biosphere and Interconnections

 

The concept map above explains the importance of biodiversity within our world, explaining and simplifying the two different values: Intrinsic and Utilitarian

The concept map above shows how energy in our world works, how it is measured, and the different laws of thermodynamics - all supporting our way of life, biodiversity, and biomes.
The concept map above explains our many different biomes - from tundra, to rainforests, to our grasslands. All supporting the biodiversity from the first concept map.


With these three concept maps I will be explaining to you the details of energy, biodiversity, and biomes. They all correlate to one another, all interconnecting and working together to create the world we live in today. 

Biodiversity is what gives us a diverse variety of life, leading to many different habitats and ecosystems that have formed throughout Earth’s existence. Thanks to nature’s diversity, humans have been able to evolve and survive. This includes our ever-expanding knowledge of medicine, different foods, raw materials, and fuel for sustaining our way of living. If we did not have the energy transformations and conversions, our world would cease to be what it is today. Our biodiversity would suffer, and without biodiversity we would not have our expansive list of biomes. If we did not have the biomes we do today, we would have less plant and animal life, leading to less resources for medicine, food, and fuel. Everything is interconnected in some sort of way, and if just one of these things changed or did not exist, the world as we know it would come crashing down around us. Therefore, it is imperative we protect our ecosystems and environments. As we move forward in today’s society, energy conservation will help protect  future resources, which will in turn help protect our biodiversity and biomes. 


WORKS CITED


Freedman, B. (1970, January 1). Environmental science: A Canadian perspective. DalSpace Home. Retrieved February 9, 2023, from https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/74278 

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