Biodiversity

   Biodiversity is the variety of plants and animals that live in the environment of a habitat. Biodiversity also includes the relationship between the plants and animals living there. In our world everything is sitting in a delicate balance, where everything relies on each other in order to survive. The tree grows from the earth and the bug eats the leaves or fruit from the tree. The bug is then the prey of the bird and the bird's eggs can be the prey of a racoon. When that racoon dies it eventually decomposes into the earth again where the tree was once born. That is basic, but effective, example of biodiversity. Everything is in balance and needs to stay in balance. Human's have had a large impact on biodiversity and this is why we are seeing animal populations either grow greatly or greatly decline. Remember the example that I just used, imagine what would happen if a city was put there. This would cause many of the trees to be cut down. Without these trees the bugs do not have the leaves or fruit to eat causing them to die and without these bugs it would cause a decrease in the birds that relied on the bugs for food. Or another possibility that could happen is that the urban sprawl would cause the racoons to have to move habitats. Without the racoons then there would be more birds causing a decrease in bugs. See how quickly things get out of control. That is biodiversity. This is why we as humans must take it upon our selves to make sure that things don't get out of hand because we rely on these habitats for food.