Human Impacts Escape Room

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Human Impacts Escape Room

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Human Impacts Escape Room

In this activity, you'll be locked in a research facility dedicated to studying the delicate balance of nature. Your mission is to navigate a series of questions and challenges, all designed to help you learn the effects that human activities have on our ecosystems. As stewards of the Earth, your task is to unlock the secrets of this facility, identify the problems, and find innovative solutions to restore equilibrium to our ecosystems. Time is of the essence, as the repercussions of our actions continue to grow.

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Today's Goal:

-identify how humans impact biodiversity and ecosystem services -describe how human activity affects the stability of the biodiversity of a given ecosystem -outline how human activity impacts ecosystems Let's get started! Click "Missions" below!

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Learn and demonstrate mastery to help save the planet!

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Forests

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Windmill

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Windmill

Humans impact ecosystems in many ways. Your first mission is to help sustain our growing need for clean energy through windmills while investigating the effects on populations that call these habitats their own.

Changes to the physical environmental can alter or destroy habitats.Example: Clearcutting an area can lead to habitat loss, increase erosion, and cause other pollution

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE

Actions that alter the lower parts of a food chain, leading to limited resources throughout the entire food web or food chainExample: if pollinators are affected, it could affect plants, leading to herbivores being affected

BOTTOM-UP EFFECTS

When populations AT THE TOP of a food web are directly impacted, it indirectly affects others throughout the web.Example: wolf population declines, affects the elk, deer, and moose that it preys on

TOP-DOWN EFFECTS

Human actions that alter poplulations. Examples: overhunting, introducting invasive species

POPULATION CHANGE

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A decrease in the vegetation in an area has caused a decline in many other species in that ecosystem

01. Which of the following is an example of a top-down effect?

A decrease in a lion's population has caused a change in many other species in that ecosystem

Clearing land for a new warehouse.

02. Which of the following is an example of a physical environment change?

Rabbits introduced to Australia led to a decrease in producer populations.

A decrease in the bear population would lead to a change in many other species in that ecosystem.

03. Which of the following is an example of a bottom-up effect?

A decrease in the vegetation in an area has caused a decline in many other species in that ecosystem

Clearing land for mining an important resource.

Red-eared sliders introduced to an area have driven out native turtles as they compete for resources.

04. Which of the following is an example of a population change effect?

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You got the first digit!

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The wind is in your favor and you can continue to generate wind power

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Oh no!

Due to a storm, an electrical fire broke out, damaging the windmills.

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Forests

Humans impact ecosystems in many ways. Your second mission is to keep our trees and atmosphere healthy while investigating the impacts humans have on biodiversity.

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It decreases the demand for the resource

It decreases incentives to extract resources

01. What is the main effect of overharvesting on biodiversity?

It depletes resources and collapses the population

It kills fish, mollusks, and amphibians

It causes habitat fragmentation

02. How does acid rain affect biodiversity?

It makes the fish grow stronger

Altering temperature and weather patterns

Causing chemicals to run-off into rivers

03. Which of the following is NOT a way climate change is currently affecting biodiversity?

Loss of sea ice and ocean acidification

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The air is clean and the trees are producing oxygen, you've saved the planet's lung.

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The overheating of the planet has led to devastating forest fires.

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Animals

Humans impact ecosystems in many ways. Your third mission is to protect the giraffes' habitats and resources while investigating the impacts humans have on animal behavior.

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POLLUTION

HUMAN DISTURBANCE

CLIMATE CHANGE

INVASIVE SPECIES

Habitat destruction

-Noise, light, and chemical pollution Behavior Changes: Noise pollution causes animals to alter communication patterns Visible pollution can cause problems seeing predators/prey

-Humans disrupt the environment when directly interacting with it, like hiking Behavior Changes: Animals may change movement patterns, feeding habits, or mating behaviors

-Many organisms are sensitive to small amounts of change in climate Behavior Changes: Animals' migration patterns may change

-Introducing new species into an area where it can outcompete native species Behavior Changes: Native species need to adapt to survive

-Developing land for agriculture or buildings -Alters natural habitats Behavior Changes: Animals need to travel further for food and shelther

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Human Disturbance

Pollution

Invasive Species

01. Which of the following pictures represents introducing new species into an area to outcompete with native species?

Human Disturbance

Pollution

Habitat Destruction

02. Which of the following pictures represents humans' recreational activities causing animals to change movement patterns?

Invasive Species

Climate Change

Habitat Destruction

03. Which of the following pictures represents how warmer weather can lead to migration patterns changing?

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Giraffes can live peacefully on the plains, get food and enjoy a well-kept habitat.

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The planet's environmental situation is putting giraffes at risk of extinction.

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Melting of the poles

Humans impact ecosystems in many ways. Your last mission is to learn and educate others about how humans can reduce their impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity.

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The larger population sizes of the prey may lead to impacts on plant species, causing those to decrease.

This may lead to changes in population sizes of its prey in that area.

A predator may alter its hunting patterns to avoid the new housing development.

01. Drag the boxes in order to describe the ecological implication of the scenario below.

If humans develop a new housing neighborhood, what would happen to the animals in that area? When you've moved your boxes in the correct order, click "Check!" to check your answer. Then click "Next" to move on.

It will make soil less usable

It can help cut pollution dramatically

How can growing trees in cities help?

It will increase global warming

02. Watch the video below. Then answer the question.

False

03. Is the following statement true or false? Ecosystems provide essential services and support countless species. One way to encourage people to take action to reduce their impact is to educate people about the importance of protecting ecosystems and the impact of human activities.

TRUE

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Your solutions may lead to humans reducing their impacts on Earth!

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Oh no!

The greenhouse effect is causing the poles to melt.

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Look in the application vault for the application to enter the full code and access your reward Use the numbers you were given on each confirmation page (in order) to unlock the next page!

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The planet is in your hands 👐, enter the code and you can save it 🌍

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Contextualize your topic

• Plan the structure of your communication.
• Give it a hierarchy and give visual weight to the main point.
• Add secondary messages with interactivity.
• Establish a flow through the content.
• Measure results.

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Removing a forest for a golf course can affect the local streams and soil

Other parts of ecosystem start to change.

Climate change impacts migration and breeding

Animals act differently with other animals and the environment.

Physical change (deforestation)

Human actions change the environment.