What is the importance of biodiversity to ecosystems? Procedures: 1. Study the photo below, then answer the following questions. Figure 1. A banana plantation. Photograph by Jos Reynaldo da Fonseca, distributed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Question 1. Does it have high or low biodiversity? Question 2. What will happen if a pest attacks banana plants? Question 3. What will happen if a strong typhoon comes, and heavy flooding occurs? Question 4. How will this affect the helpers and owner of the plantation? 2. Examine the photo below and answer the following questions Figure 2. A coral reef ecosystem Photograph by Violleto mm, distributed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Question 5. What biotic components are present in this ecosystem? Question 6. Describe some relationships and interactions that occur among these biotic components. Question 7. Predict the effect of the presence of many crowns of thorns sea star to the ecosystem and its biotic components. Question 8. Why is high biodiversity advantageous over low biodiversity? Question 9. What is the importance of biodiversity to ecosystems?