CLOSE REVIEWUnit 2 Review - The Living World: Biodiversity
This review will guide you through an adaptive, research-backed study session. As you answer questions, we will actively assess your current understanding of the material. Questions will continue to be drawn until you have demonstrated mastery of each learning objective.
Reviews are graded based on completion. You will receive full credit for achieving 100% mastery or answering all questions.
Learning objectives for this review:
- Define biodiversity and list reasons why it is crucial for ecosystem resilience and stability.
- Explain the theory of island biogeography, focusing on how the size of an island and its distance from the mainland influence species diversity.
- Identify factors such as temperature and salinity that define the limits of where species can thrive, using specific examples.
- Describe how natural events like wildfires and floods can change ecosystems, noting both immediate and long-term effects.
- Classify ecosystem services into provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting, and discuss how biodiversity enhances these services.
- Define and give examples of physiological, behavioral, and structural adaptations that help organisms survive in their environments.
- Describe primary and secondary succession, explaining how ecosystems recover from disturbances over time.