Communities Guided Viewing Worksheet
1: What is ecology?
Ecology is the study of life on our planet.
2: What is BBECPO? (Define each)
Biosphere-Wherever life is on our planet
Biome- Areas with similar climate
Ecosystem- Adding abiotic factors.
Community- Populations interacting
Population-Groups of individuals
Organism- One individual
3: What is a community?
Populations that interact and how they change over time
4: What is species composition?
Species composition is what percent of specie makes up a community
5: What is species diversity (biodiversity)? Where is the greatest species diversity?
Species diversity is the total amount of different species in a community. The greatest species diversity are at the equator
6: Explain the example of symbiosis with Leaf Cutter Ants and the fungus and bacteria on the ant.
A leaf cutter ants cuts off leaves of a tree. The ant chews up the leaves and brings it to a fungus. The fungus which breaks down cellulose that gives sugar for ants to eat. The bacteria lives on ants, and the fungus is never infected.
7: What is an exponential growth pattern? Explain.
An exponential growth pattern is when growth is exponential and it's growth is when populations rapidly increases
8: What are the limiting factors to growth. Explain both density dependent and density independent factors.
Limiting factors to growth would be lack of food, no space and disease. Density dependent is based on size of population, it limits growth. Density independent are related to chance, such as a volcanic eruption.
9: What is a logistic growth pattern? Explain.
Logistic growth is when a population reaches carrying capacity, population declines when there is more than the carrying capacity.
10: What is the carrying capacity? Define.
Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals an area can support
11: What is an age-structure diagram (population pyramid)? How it is set-up? What does it tell you?
An age-structure diagram shows the number of individuals by age in each gender. It is set up by age and by gender. It tells tells us what it the age demographics are in an area
12: What is the shape of a population pyramid of a young population (exponential growth)? What is the shape of a population of a stable population (logistic growth)?
The shape of a population pyramid of a young population (exponential growth) is a pyramid. The shape of population of a stable population (logistic growth) is dropping off.
Ecology is the study of life on our planet.
2: What is BBECPO? (Define each)
Biosphere-Wherever life is on our planet
Biome- Areas with similar climate
Ecosystem- Adding abiotic factors.
Community- Populations interacting
Population-Groups of individuals
Organism- One individual
3: What is a community?
Populations that interact and how they change over time
4: What is species composition?
Species composition is what percent of specie makes up a community
5: What is species diversity (biodiversity)? Where is the greatest species diversity?
Species diversity is the total amount of different species in a community. The greatest species diversity are at the equator
6: Explain the example of symbiosis with Leaf Cutter Ants and the fungus and bacteria on the ant.
A leaf cutter ants cuts off leaves of a tree. The ant chews up the leaves and brings it to a fungus. The fungus which breaks down cellulose that gives sugar for ants to eat. The bacteria lives on ants, and the fungus is never infected.
7: What is an exponential growth pattern? Explain.
An exponential growth pattern is when growth is exponential and it's growth is when populations rapidly increases
8: What are the limiting factors to growth. Explain both density dependent and density independent factors.
Limiting factors to growth would be lack of food, no space and disease. Density dependent is based on size of population, it limits growth. Density independent are related to chance, such as a volcanic eruption.
9: What is a logistic growth pattern? Explain.
Logistic growth is when a population reaches carrying capacity, population declines when there is more than the carrying capacity.
10: What is the carrying capacity? Define.
Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals an area can support
11: What is an age-structure diagram (population pyramid)? How it is set-up? What does it tell you?
An age-structure diagram shows the number of individuals by age in each gender. It is set up by age and by gender. It tells tells us what it the age demographics are in an area
12: What is the shape of a population pyramid of a young population (exponential growth)? What is the shape of a population of a stable population (logistic growth)?
The shape of a population pyramid of a young population (exponential growth) is a pyramid. The shape of population of a stable population (logistic growth) is dropping off.