Forum 2.10 - The Distribution of Species

10/17/2018

Central Question: Why are some species spread out while others are concentrated?

Guiding Thought Question:How will species adaptation and specialization act as barriers to them expanding out of their ranges?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the differences in Endemic and Cosmopolitan Species by examining examples of species and looking at the modes through which the spread and the barriers that prevent further spread.

25 Comments

Tyler

10/17/2018 09:01:01 am

If an animal is specialized to eat a species of animal, if they move to a different area with different prey items they won't be able to catch the other animals and compete with the predators. Along with that if they have adapted to the cold they will not be able to move to hotter areas because they will overheat.

Hailey

10/17/2018 09:02:45 am

they wont be as versatile with their adaptations for different climates

Eleanor Dunning

10/17/2018 09:02:49 am

If a species has adapted to an area, there would be very little point in them moving. Otherwise they'd just have to move again.

Grace Bieber

10/17/2018 09:03:26 am

If an animal is too extensively adapted to a certain area it may be difficult for animals to adapt to different areas.

Haley E

10/17/2018 09:03:57 am

for fish for example they can survive in very selective areas, temperature, and salt amounts. if they dont have what they need they die so the have to stay in that area

Olivia Wagner

10/17/2018 09:04:26 am

Adaptations can restrict a species to a specific environment, because it causes them to become more adapted to that environment specifically and prevents them from extending out of their range where the environment changes

Julie Ferro

10/17/2018 09:04:32 am

If a species is adapted to survive in a certain area then they wont be able to expand their ranges to different areas.

Madeline Jaksha

10/17/2018 09:04:54 am

If a species is extremely specialized to their habitat, the animals will not survive in an environment that has different light, temperature, and amount of water available.

Katherine Casey

10/17/2018 09:04:56 am

If a species adapts to live in a particular environment it can become so specialized that it will be unable to survive outside of that environment. Other species have very generalized adaptions that enable them to live in a variety of environments.

Cannibal Nyx

10/17/2018 09:05:06 am

Specialization and adaptations allow animals to have specialized features and traits to allow their survival in a certain areas, and locations. If the animals only have features that allow them to survive in a certain area's climate or region, then they would not be able to move out of or far away from that region or area

Erica G.

10/17/2018 09:05:46 am

Because they have adapted to be able to survive in a specific environment that then their adaptation most likely with hurt their chances in surviving in other environment. If an animal is adapted to perfically adapted to an environment like the savanna, then they would struggle to survive in a place like a mountain which is a major change from flat, warm grasslands to a cold, rocky, elevated place.

Hannah

10/17/2018 09:06:54 am

Species adaptations and specializations act as barriers to them expanding out of their ranges because since they have already adapted to a specific area, they aren't going to want to expand anywhere else out of their settled areas.

Makenna Danner

10/17/2018 09:10:55 am

if animals are too adapted they are use to an environment so if they are introduced to another environment it will be hard for them to change.

Myo Ka Zin Soe

10/17/2018 09:11:27 am

If the animal is made to live in a certain area and can only depend on certain things that is only found in specific areas then they won’t be able to survive when they move to a new area.

Hunter

10/17/2018 09:11:56 am

Because a animal might only be adapted to a certain area

Maddy Child

10/17/2018 11:21:59 am

Like the beaver their specializations limit their range because they can't go anywhere else but the area that their specialized for. Their water proof fur and webbed feet adaptations also won't help in let's say a desert environment.

Jasmine Palmer

10/18/2018 12:26:54 pm

They have adapted and specialized to one specific area.

Rylee

10/18/2018 12:29:28 pm

The continental drift could affect where the animals are now in there environment, some animals dies who couldn't adapt to there new change of climate. Animals in the same areas are adapted to the same climate.

Parks

10/18/2018 12:31:48 pm

If a species has too many specified adaptations, then they wouldn't be able to live in any other area. They would have to stay in their range. If they were forced to move out, the species would most likely die from predation and inability to adapt to their new habitat (new temperature, precipitation, etc.).

Eliza

10/18/2018 12:32:09 pm

A reason could be due to how their living habits and family life is. If they live in groups they'll be more concentrated where if they live as individuals they could become more spread out.

Bailey

10/18/2018 12:32:28 pm

The adaptations and the specializations that an animal has was created because of the biome they live in, so its going to be harder for animals to live elsewhere if they adapted to a particular biome.

Deja

10/18/2018 12:32:49 pm

If a species is too adapted to a certain climate it would be hard for them to survive in another climate. Also it would be hard to move to another area with a similar climate because they may have to thorough an area with a harsh climate to get there.

eliana

10/18/2018 12:37:40 pm

because is move it got to adapt a because of all of the new environment

Kinlee

10/18/2018 12:44:47 pm

If species keep adapting and becoming more specialized to their area then if something changes they might not be able to live in the conditions because they are so used to the places that they live in all the time. This is similar with coral because if temperatures change only one degree they will die because they cant handle a slightly higher or slightly lower temperature

Jessica Lloyd

10/18/2018 01:43:38 pm

It will be hard for animals to expand do their preferred comfort zones, so they might die, adapt or move somewhere else.

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