Mr. P
Life Science
What do you think?
 What happens if a species fails to adapt to its
environment?
Share with your Partner
 What happens if a species fails to adapt to its
environment?
Share with the class
 What happens if a species fails to adapt to its
environment?
They go Extinct
So what should we do?
Should we save all of the species?
Plankton
What does Plankton do?
 It captures light and turns it into energy
 It is food for many sea organisms
What eats the sea organisms?
What eats the small fish
So what would happen if….
The phytoplankton could not adapt to the environment
changes?
Think about it…..
So what would happen if….
The phytoplankton could not adapt to the environment
changes?
Share with your partner…..
So what would happen if….
The phytoplankton could not adapt to the environment
changes?
Share with the class….
If plankton go extinct…
 The plankton are gone….
 The sea organisms go extinct….
 The small fish go extinct….
 The large fish go extinct…
 The ocean is emptier…
 So plankton are important and demonstrate that
species that go extinct could have big impacts on
others
So what causes extinction
1) Failure to adapt to the environment
2) Humans are impacting the environments, making
them harder to live in for other species
Burmese Pythons in Florida
Zebra Mussels
What about the future?