Use the links below to review and assess your learning.
Start with the "Important Terms and Concepts" to ensure you know the
terminology related to the topic of the chapter and concepts discussed.
Move on to the "Review Questions" to answer critical thinking
questions about concepts and processes discussed in the chapter. Finally,
test your overall understanding by taking the
"Self-assessment quiz".
"Invasion of the Giant Pythons" Nature (PBS) Description from the site: "Florida’s Everglades National Park is one of the last great wildlife refuges in the U.S., home to numerous endangered animals and plants, as well as alligators. But the park has become a dumping ground for a variety of non-native species, including what may be tens of thousands of Burmese pythons. Some were intentionally released by pet owners, others were set free when hurricanes hit Florida’s animal warehouses. Pythons have moved into their new home with a vengeance, thriving in the protected wilderness and disrupting its delicate ecosystem. Follow scientists and snake hunters as they study the problem and try to find solutions to the growing crisis. This film premiered February 21, 2010."
"Alien
Invasion" Online News Hour with Jim Lehrer. July 1, 2004
report on efforts to combat invasion of alien plant and animal
species in the United States.
"Hot
Times in Alaska" Scientific
American Frontiers. This episode investigates the impact of
climate change on Alaska's ecosystems.
World's
Biggest Tiger Preserve - NPR/National Geographic Radio
Expeditions visits The Hukawng Valley in Myanmar where an entire
valley nearly the size of Vermont is being set aside as a tiger
reserve.
"The
Birds of the Boreal" NPR/National Geographic Radio
Expeditions
"The Last American rain forest" -
Morning Edition (NPR) segment from Oct. 22, 1998 reports on the
last great temperate rain forest in America, Alaska's Tsongass National
Forest. (8:36)
(RealAudio Required)
"Drugs
and Bugs" - Ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D, talks with host David Wright about the healing secrets of the rainforest in the segment of All Things Considered from July 23, 2000. (RealAudio Required)
