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Biodiversity and classification.
Can you finish biodiversity survey in about 35 min?
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Biodiversity and classification.
Field observation develops the most fundamental scientific skill: seeing more than a casual observer. Students who conduct biodiversity surveys learn to distinguish species, record systematically, and compare across conditions — habits that professional ecologists develop over decades.
1. Mark 1m squared area. 2. Count every plant species. 3. Count insects. 4. Classify each. 5. Calculate diversity.