Question

. Your essay should be approximately TWOdouble-spaced pages (12 pt. font).

1. Define biodiversity and reference the source of yourdefinition.
2. Does biodiversity have value? If so, what types of value doesit have?
3. How does biodiversity benefit individuals and communities?
4. Provide one example of a threat to biodiversity that you foundin popular literature (a newspaper or magazine article). Describethis threat and why the loss of this biodiversity is important(important enough that a story was written about it). Remember toproperly reference your example.
5. THIS ESSAY MUST BE WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN WORDS – DO NOTCUT AND PASTE FROM THE ARTICLES YOU USED TO FIND THEINFORMATION. Using the words of another writer isplagiarism – a violation of the Penn State Academic Integritypolicy. Provide the references for the articles following thereference format in SGWAB, Chapter Five.