​Fatima wants to buy a fish tank. She is choosing between Fish Tank #1 and Fish Tank #2. Fish Tank #1 has animals and plants from a pond habitat. Fish Tank #2 has animals and plants from an ocean habitat. Fatima wants the fish tank with the highest diversity. What could Fatima do to help her decide which fish tank to buy?

What is diversity?

The variety of animals

​and plants found in an ecosystem.

​Biodiversity

Count up the different kinds of animals in each fish tank and compare them.

Count up the different kinds of plants in each fish tank and compare them.

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​What could Fatima do to help her decide which fish tank to buy?

What information from the graphs can help Cristal make her choice of where to shop for vegetables?

Kara has three DIFFERENT kinds of vegetables in her garden - lettuce, carrots and tomatoes.

Eli only has ONE kind of vegetable on his farm - corn.

Three kinds of vegetables are more diverse than one kind of vegetable