Island Biodiversity

Island Biodiversity

By Tricia Baker

By Tricia Baker

​What did you learn in your experiments?

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What changes did you make to your island biogeography that changed your Number of Species on average?

*change size or location of the island 1 or 2?

*change the mortality or migration rate?

*speed up the rate of the daily observance?

Open Ended

What type of species did you think would be the highest population on the two islands? Why?

anthropods, birds, reptiles, mammals

Multiple Choice

Why is conservation biology concerned with island populations?

• because scientists like to vacation while they wok

• because islands have unusually high rates of extinction

• because islands have warmer temperatures usually

• because islands have more water to conserv

Multiple Choice

Islands with invasive species and disease, habitat destruction and development make island species the most threatened habitats in the world.

• true

• false

Multiple Select

What type of island species have become extinct? (more than one answer)

• magical moths

• dodo birds

• honey creepers

• marine iguanas

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According to the field notes graph: Which type of island size (big or small) have a greater extinction rate?

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According to the field notes: Which type of island has the higher colonization rate? near or far?

Multiple Select

Primary productivity of an area is measured as the amount of solar energy captured by producers (plants) through what two processes?

• water cycle

• photosynthesis

• metabolic juices

• conversion to chemical energy

Multiple Choice

What are some positive traits of productive habitats? Choose all that apply

• moisture

• hurricanes

• sunlight

• warmth

Poll

Did you like this lesson?

• Yes, it was interesting.

• No, it was boring.

• It wasn't bad for a school lesson. I have had worse.

• I didn't understand the point of it.