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10.97 Biodiversity, Stability, and Ecosystem Services Worksheet

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Biodiversity, Stability, and Ecosystem Services: Students explain how genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity support resilience, stability, and services such as pollination, purification, and nutrient cycling. Rigor range: standard concept checks through honors/Pre-AP/AP-ready quantitative ecosystem modeling, systems analysis, and solution trade-off evaluation. Aligned to FreeK12Practice High School Biology Curriculum Crosswalk (NGSS/NRC Framework; CCSS Literacy and Mathematics; AP Biology enrichment; Texas TEKS Biology; Florida NGSSS/CPALMS Biology; Virginia SOL Biology; California NGSS and New York State Science Learning Standards) BIO.10.97 - Biodiversity, Stability, and Ecosystem Services: National: NGSS HS-LS2-2; HS-LS2-6; HS-LS4-6; DCI LS2.C, LS4.D; CCSS RST.9-10.2; WHST.9-10.9; AP Biology SYI-1, EVO-4. State frameworks: TX TEKS BIO.13D; FL NGSSS SC.912.L.17.8, SC.912.L.17.20; VA SOL BIO.8d; CA NGSS/NYSSLS HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-6, HS-LS4-6.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A synthesis of 50 grassland studies finds that higher plant diversity usually lowers year-to-year variability in biomass but does not always increase mean biomass. Which interpretation is best?

ABiodiversity has no relationship to stability because mean biomass is not always higher

BHigher diversity always decreases all ecosystem functions

CMean biomass is the only possible measure of ecosystem function

DBiodiversity can stabilize ecosystem function even when it does not consistently raise average productivity

Solution & Explanation:Stability and mean productivity are different outcomes. Diversity may reduce variability without always increasing the average amount of biomass.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Which data set would best distinguish ecosystem resistance from resilience after a flood?

AA single species list collected ten years before the flood

BOne photograph taken during the flood with no follow-up

CMeasurements of ecosystem function before the flood, immediately after, and throughout recovery

DA count of parking spaces near the study site

Solution & Explanation:Resistance is the initial degree of change, while resilience is recovery over time. Both require data before, after, and during recovery.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

An engineered treatment tank removes nitrate efficiently but supports only two microbial species and no habitat for larger organisms. Why is it not equivalent to a diverse natural wetland?

ANitrate removal is never an ecosystem service

BThe tank may provide one function but lacks the broader biodiversity, habitat, flood buffering, and service bundle of a wetland

CLow biodiversity always means high habitat value

DNatural wetlands cannot remove nitrate

Solution & Explanation:A system can provide one service without providing the full bundle of services and biodiversity supported by a natural wetland.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Biology Science students. It aligns with educational standard BIO.10.97 (National: NGSS HS-LS2-2; HS-LS2-6; HS-LS4-6; DCI LS2.C, LS4.D; CCSS RST.9-10.2; WHST.9-10.9; AP Biology SYI-1, EVO-4. State frameworks: TX TEKS BIO.13D; FL NGSSS SC.912.L.17.8, SC.912.L.17.20; VA SOL BIO.8d; CA NGSS/NYSSLS HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-6, HS-LS4-6.).