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Natural and Anthropogenic Events

Virginia SOL EC.7

Investigate how natural and anthropogenic events affect ecosystems and ecological succession.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about the ecological evolution of an ecosystem that is currently experiencing disruption.
  • Develop and use a model to explain ecological succession for a local ecosystem and predict the effect of natural and anthropogenic events on natural succession processes.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about the effect of an invasive species on the stability of a local ecosystem.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how natural and anthropogenic events affect ecosystem resilience.