Area of Study 2:  Biodiversity

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Outcome:
  • Evaluate how adaptations and interdependencies enhance survival of species within an ecosystem


Adaptations and diversity

  • The biological importance of genetic diversity within a species or population
  • Structural, physiological and behavioural adaptations that enhance an organism’s survival and enable life to exist in a wide range of environments
  • Survival through interdependencies between species, including impact of changes to keystone species and predators and their ecological roles in structuring and maintaining the distribution, density and size of a population in an ecosystem
  • The contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledge and perspectives in understanding adaptations of, and interdependencies between, species in Australian ecosystems


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Survival

Adaptations

Ecosystems