Preassessment Questions

   

1. How would you contrast the expected ecosystems in Puerto Rico with the ecosystems in Pennsylvania?
2. What is the relationship between climate and biodiversity?
3. What is the relationship between evolution, extinction, and biodiversity?
4. How is evolution a product of competition and cooperation? Give an example of each.
5. What is the relationship between landforms (geomorphology) and the diversity of life? Give examples from the following ecosystems- riverine, mangrove cay, coral reef.
6. How important is biodiversity? What is the result of the loss of biodiversity at rates beyond those expected? Give examples of ways humans impact the loss of biodiversity.