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Quantifying Species Richness and Biodiversity Metrics
Calculate Simpson's or Shannon-Wiener diversity index values to quantitatively compare health across distinct habitats.
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Environmental Change, Biodiversity, and Conservation
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Explain how natural and anthropogenic environmental changes affect biodiversity and assess their impacts on ecosystem stability.
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Learning standards covered
112.43(b)(13)(D)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 10th Gradeexplain how environmental change, including change due to human activity, affects biodiversity and analyze how changes in biodiversity impact ecosystem stability.
Open Global Standard:OGS.11.ESS.3
112.43(b)(2)(C)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 10th Gradeuse mathematical calculations to assess quantitative relationships in data; and
Open Global Standard:OGS.11.SEP.4
OGS.11.ESS.3OGS.11.SEP.4