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Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues3 Marks
Question
Explain how loss of species diversity can harm ecosystem?
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Answer

  1. When species diversity is lost, the ecosystem enters into imbalance.
  2. The biodiversity loss results into lesser plant production.
  3. This causes disruption of further food chains and food webs.
  4. The environmental processes such as disease cycles, plant productivity, etc. are also adversely affected.
  5. The productivity of the ecosystem is reduced and this results into overall imbalance in the ecosystem.

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