How could the loss of biodiversity affect humans? It may cause an increase in the human population as competition is reduced. It
may lead to the loss of potential medicines, foods, and products. It could lead to a decrease in infectious and other diseases that affect humans. It could cause a decrease in the amount of pollutants on the planet.
It may lead to the loss of potential medicines, foods, and products
Explanation:
Biodiversity or biological diversity refers to the variation of life. It is the total number of different variety of species of organisms that exists in the biosphere. Biodiversity is key to the survival of living organism on Earth.
Loss of biodiversity will also lead to the loss of potential medicines, foods, and products, which will greatly affect the human population as we rely on diverse plants and other animals for the above listed substances.
This is the ultimate definition of a food chain. An example is fish that are eaten by seals and the seals are preyed upon by sharks. Seals are the prey of sharks but the predator of fish. This is how energy is transferred in a food web from the primary producers (phototropic organisms) to tertiary consumers.
Characteristics that have helped humans survive major changes in the environment are their brains and body. Human's social cooperation with tool making always increases.