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Exploration questions: biodiversity analyses and unknowns

Grab your notebook or computer and write out your answer to each of the following questions. Then compare your answer to the suggested answer found in the “Answers to the exploration questions” document. Have fun! Hint: the information needed to answer these questions can be found in the videos and article.
1.          Your friend tells you that it seems as if scientists go to a lot of trouble coming up with names for species and he wonders why it is important for scientists have a standardized way of naming and classifying species. What would you tell your friend?
2.          Congratulations! You’ve just discovered some interesting looking snails in a remote forest on the coast of California. You have the necessary permits, and as you collect a few specimens, what information should you record at the same time? Why is this information important?

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  • blobby green style avatar for user Frank-andrew Lechner
    In the video it states we need to be able to communicate to each other what we find so we can determine if these findings can help or hurt us as a species.
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  • scuttlebug green style avatar for user just a ghost learning [STATUS: ONLINE]
    "Your friend tells you that it seems as if scientists go to a lot of trouble coming up with names for species and he wonders why it is important for scientists to have a standardized way of naming and classifying species. What would you tell your friend?"

    Answer: I would tell my friend that it’d help to be more precise when conversing and studying, and it’ll help with communicating about the species.



    "Congratulations! You’ve just discovered some interesting looking snails in a remote forest on the coast of California. You have the necessary permits, and as you collect a few specimens, what information should you record at the same time? Why is this information important?"

    Answer: First, figure out where, and when I found the species and take pictures of them in their natural habitat for later uses. Second, take samples of things associated with the species (food, water (water could be salt water of river water you never know.), soil, sand.) and store them somewhere safely.

    "The reason why doing this is important is so when I go back to study the snails, I’ll be able to have more background knowledge and have more clues to work on when studying them."

    Did I answer these accurately?
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