1. Define climate change and discuss three major factors contributing to climate change. How do we know about paleoclimates?

2. Describe the biome you grew up in, and changes to the environment since you were a child. Have ecosystems, species richness the biome changed and species diversity in?

3. You are an ecologist and asked to assess an ecosystem in order to make recommendations for “smart development”. Explain how you would proceed, choose an example (real ecosystem, maybe around your home or workplace). How will you describe the ecosystem?

4. Explain the geological time scale and the history of life on earth.