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Island Biogeography and Impact On Biodiversity
Island Biogeography and Impact On Biodiversity
Class Period: 1B
Teacher: Ms. Edwards
Introductory Information
Guiding Question: How does the size and distance from the mainland affect the biodiversity of an
island?
Your Task: Collaborate with 1-2 other students to experiment and determine an answer for the guiding question.
Part A: Once you have your partner(s) - share this document with them. You will submit only 1 per group.
Part B:
Visit the following website: https://bit.ly/3eWBavi
1. Click on ‘Background Information’ and review the material (notice the “next page” arrow at the bottom)
2. Click on ‘Tutorial’ - this is short and may save you some time and frustration.
3. Click on Run Experiments.
Hints:
Think about what You are manipulating and what you are measuring.
Screenshot your data for each trial.
4. Once your group has an answer, fill in this chart.
Claim: The further away from the mainland, the less biodiversity. The larger the island is, the more biodiversity
there will be.
Island 2 has 31 less species on it than Island 1 resulting
in less biodiversity on Island 2. We came to this
conclusion by moving Island 2 further from the
mainland and making it smaller.
Names of partner(s): Ella Warner and Skylar Wilson