Why does it matter if biodiversity is lost in an ecosystem?

a. natural food sources can be manufactured when biodiversity
declines.

b. replacement species fill the niches of extinct species when
biodiversity declines

c. resilience to change increases when biodiversity declines.

d. potential sources of medicines are lost when biodiversity declines.

answer:

explanation:

they supply us with oxygen and clean water. they cycle carbon and fix nutrients. they enable plants to grow and therefore to feed us, keep pest species and diseases in check and protect against flooding and regulate the climate. these benefits are known as ecosystem services.

the framers of the constitution insisted that federal judges be nominated instead of elected due to their desire to have judges above the shifting whims of the masses.

the hope, whether achieved or not, was that federal judges would only be beholden to the law and that by not having judges be elected, they would be protected if that law dictated an outcome that ran counter to popular opinion.

affects the water bodies: excessive use of fertilizers causes eutrophication. the fertilizers which are used on plants affect the quality of land on which it is used, further causing erosion of soil. the fertilizers used on plants contain harmful chemical fumes which affect the environment.