Topic 3

Proposed mechanisms that leads to new species

• Climate Change

• Extinction

• Natural Selection

• Keystone Environments

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When plates push away from each other

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Funded by individuals or independent groups

• Community

• Governmental Organizations

• GOs

• NGOs

Disproportionate effect on the community structure

• Specialist Species

• Keystone Species

• Endangered Species

• Generalist Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Range of different habitats present per unit area

• Habitat Diversity

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Diversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Gradual changes in the genetic characteristics

• Speciation

• Theory of Continental Drift

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why Large Numbers of Species Die Out Simultaneously

• Meteor/Asteroid

• Underwater Volcano

• Natural Disaster

• Climate Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Natural Extinction Rate of all Species

• Extinctions

• Background Extinction Rate

• Mass Extinction

• Extinction Rate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Characteristics of Conservation Areas

• Large, Rectangle Shape

• Small, Circle Shape

• Small, Rectangle Shape

• Large, Circle Shape

Connects habitats to each other

• Wildlife Corridors

• Habitat Bridges

• Pathways

• Trails