Biodiversity Worksheet Learning Activity

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31 questions with a scoring guide included.

Correlated to:

NGSS Intermediate Curriculum

MS-LS2-4. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

NY Living Environment Core Curriculum

Performance Indicator 6.2

Explain the importance of preserving diversity of species and habitats.

Major Understandings 6.2a As a result of evolutionary processes, there is a diversity of organisms and roles in ecosystems. This diversity of species increases the chance that at least some will survive in the face of large environmental changes. Biodiversity increases the stability of the ecosystem.

6.2b Biodiversity also ensures the availability of a rich variety of genetic material that may lead to future agricultural or medical discoveries with significant value to humankind. As diversity is lost, potential sources of these materials may be lost with it.

This product is included in the Ecosystem Interactions, Energy and Dynamics Learning Activities package for Middle School Science.