QUIZ IS ON THURSDAY, MAY 7th

Ecology Quiz on Lesson 1, “Living Things and the Environment” and Lesson 2, “Studying Populations”

Use the review power point and the study guide to prepare for the quiz.

Lesson 1: Living Things and the Environment

Know the following vocabulary words:Abiotic FactorsBiotic FactorsEcologyHabitatSpeciesPopulationCommunityEcosystem

What are the biotic factors in the pictures

below?Biotic: The living parts of a habitat

clown fishsea anemone

pandabamboo plants

What are the abiotic factors in the pictures

below?Abiotic: The non-living parts of a habitat

watertemperature of wateroxygen (dissolved in the water)

oxygen (air)sunlightsoil or dirttemperature

Tell whether the organism is abiotic or biotic.

rabbit

sunlight

pebble

sunflower

water

biotic

abiotic

abiotic

biotic

abiotic

What is a species?

A group of organisms that are physically similar and that can mate and produce fertile offspring.

What is a population?

All the members of one species in a particular area.

What is a community?

All the different populations that live together in an area.

What is an ecosystem?

A community of organisms that live in an area along with their non living surroundings.

What is ecology?

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

Ecological Organization

Single organism

Population

Community

Ecosystem

Biome

Smaller

Larger

Tell whether the following are a single organism, population, or

community

All the ladybugs in

Robbinsville, NJ

Zebras

All the flamingoes in Miami, Fl

All the prairie dogs, hawks,

grasses, badgers, and snakes

found on the prairie

Honey bees

population

single organism population

community

single organism

Lesson 2: Studying Populations

Know the following vocabulary words:Birth RateEmigrationLimiting FactorsImmigrationDeath RateCarrying CapacityPopulation Density

Determining Population Size

What are the four basic methods that ecologists use to determine population size? Direct observation Indirect observation Sampling Mark and recapture studies

Determining Population Size

Determining the size of ant population by knowing the number of ants that inhabit one ant hill, and then observing how many ant hills are in one particular area.

What method of study is this?

Indirect observation

Determining Population Size

Ecologists estimate the size of the rainbow trout population in a lake by catching a small sample, tagging them and then releasing them. They come back three weeks later and catch another sample noting how many trout have tags, and how many do not.

What method of study is this?

Mark and recapture studies

Determining Population Size

Determining the number of frogs in a pond by counting all of them individually.

Direct Observation

Determining Population Size

Estimating the number of daisies in a 100 square meter meadow by counting the daisies in a 10 meter by 10 meter plot, and then multiplying by 100.

Sampling

Identify the study: direct observation, indirect observation, mark-and-recapture, or sampling

Counting all the sunflowers in the field Calculating the population of messenger

pigeons by capturing and marking them, releasing them to the wild, and returning at a later date to capture more.

Using the average number of bees usually found in a hive and multiplying by the number of hives in an area.

Counting the number of June bugs in a one square meter of a meadow and multiplying by the total area of the meadow to estimate the total number of June bugs.

Direct observation

Mark-and-recapture

Indirect observation

Sampling

Changes in Population Size

What is birth rate? Number of births in a population over time.

What is death rate? Number of deaths in a population over

time.

What is immigration? New members move into a population.

What is emigration? Members leave the population.

Changes in Population Size

Using the following key terms: birth rate, death rate, emigration, and immigration, answer the following questions.

Which two allow a population to increase? Birth Rate Immigration

Which two allow a population to decrease? Death Rate Emigration

What is the formula for population density?

Population density =

# of individuals

unit area

Population density is the number of individuals in a specific area.

Population Density An ecologist sets out to find out how many oak

trees are in a forest that is 1000 square meters (m2). He marks off a 20 square meter plot and counts 5 oak trees in his plot.

Calculate the population density per square meter (m2) in the 20 square meter plot.5 oaks

20 square meters (m2)= 0.25 oaks per square meter (m2)

Population Density

What would be a good estimate of the number of oak trees in the entire 1000 square meter forest?

5 oaks per 20 square meter (0.25) x 100 = 25 oaks in the forest

What are limiting factors?

An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.

What are examples of limiting factors? Food and Water Space Weather

What is carrying capacity?

The largest population that an area can support.

Determined by the limiting factors that are present.

Use the diagram to answer each question.

Questions:1.How was the falcon population changing from 1997 to 2000?

2.Which letter marks the peak of the falcon population?

3.What was the falcon population in 1994?

A

B

C

Decreasing

Letter C

About 400 falcons