Environmental Change Impacts Organisms

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Objective

I can argue, using evidence, how changes to an ecosystem affect the populations living there.

Part 1 of 3

Warm-up video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

Describe two ways that human activities, as shown in the video, are changing ecosystems.

2

Explain how deforestation can affect animal populations living in a rainforest ecosystem. Give a specific example from the video.

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

The video describes how deforestation to create palm oil plantations affects orangutans. Argue, using evidence from the video, how deforestation impacts the orangutan population. The video explains how melting sea ice in the Arctic affects polar bears. Argue, using evidence from the video, how the melting sea ice impacts the polar bear population.

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