Ecosystem Changes and Population Impacts
Grade 6 · Science · 45 min· Ms-ls2-4
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can argue, using evidence, how changes to living or nonliving things in an ecosystem affect what lives there.
Warm-Up Video
MAD GARDEN Science · 6:16
Carrying Capacity | Population Ecology
Practice Questions
7 questions · Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Imagine a disease kills off many of the grasshoppers in the nature trail ecosystem described in the video. Argue how this change would affect the squirrel population. Suppose a large area of trees is cut down in the neighborhood with the passion vines and gulf fritillary butterflies. Argue how this change would affect the butterfly population. A new, larger species of bird that preys on squirrels moves into the nature trail ecosystem. Argue how this change would affect the squirrel population.”
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