Warm Up 16:1) What are some things that make Earth unique?

2) What is ecology?

Warm Up 17

1) Describe what you see on this graph.2) What is the average amount of rainfall in the month of

December?3) What is the difference between the average high and low

temperature in July?

Warm Up 18

This is the climate graph for Seattle, WA. Tell me a few things you notice about Seattle’s climate.

Warm Up # 19

1) What are some living and nonliving things in Audubon?

2) What do you know about the term ecosystem?

Warm Up # 201) What is a POPULATION? How is it different from an

organism?

2) How is a COMMUNITY different from a POPULATION?

3) How is a ECOSYSTEM different from a COMMUNITY?

4) Draw a made up ecosystem and label all parts either biotic or abiotic.

5) What are some things that need to be the same if species are the same?

Known species1,412,000

Insects751,000

Plants248,400

Warm up 21: Quiz Today, Study Chapter 4 Notes, Get Outline Ready to Be Collected

1) What are some things all ecosystems need?

2) Name the different levels of ecological organization from smallest to largest.

3) Why is an organisms habitat so important?

Warm Up 22: Need calculators Thursday1) Describe what a population is.

Need calculators Thursday

2) Why do you think a population might change?

3) What are some characteristics we can describe about a population?

4) Describe some biotic and abiotic factor that might influence the Elephant Seal population?

Warm Up 23 (5 Questions)

1) Describe the population density (high or low) in a) and b)

a) b)

2) List 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of high population density?

3) Describe what you see in the 3 diagrams and how they are similar and different.

4) Assume you “tagged” 100 fish in a pond. Over the next several months, after 20 fishing trips, you had a mean of 5% “tagged,” what is your estimated population size?

5) Which has the highest population density?a. 40 ants/10 square metersb. 1 ant/1 square meterc. 500 ants/250 square metersd. 5 ants/1 square meter

4) What is the SEX RATIO in this room?

5) Describe 1 way scientists are able to sample a population and measure population size.

4) What is the SEX RATIO in this room?

5) Describe 1 way scientists are able to sample a population and measure population size.

6) Assume you “tagged” 100 fish in a pond. Over the next several months, after 20 fishing trips, you had a mean of 10% “tagged,” what is your estimated population size?

Warm Up 241) Why do you think there

are an estimated 10,000 trillion ants and only 7 billion humans?

2) Why do you think all populations don’t grow exponentially?

3) Why do you think trees drops so many seeds?

5) Explain what you see on this chart.

Warm Up 241) Explain what you see on this chart.

3) What do you see in this chart?

4) Which has the highest population density?a) 30 ants/100 square metersb) 1 ant/1 square meterc) 500 ants / 5000 square metersd) 50 ants/ 30 square meters

Warm Up 25 (3 questions)

1) List the limiting factor(s) for whya) Audubon does not have Palm Treesb) Deserts are not full of plantsc) There are not more predators like wolvesd) There are not many more Oak Treese) Large trees do not grow in polar regionsf) Coral Reefs don’t live off NJ Coastg) There are not a million squirrels living in Audubonh) Trees need to lose their leaves

2) Explain what this chart shows us.

3) A turtle may lay 50 eggs, 10 don’t hatch, 10 don’t make it to the water, 10 die when they are young, 10 die middle ages.

What type of survivorship is that?

Warm up 26 (4 questions)1) Give an example of a

population.

2) Describe the following terms in your own words:

a) population sizeb) Population densityc) Population distributiond) survivorship e) limiting factorsf) carrying capacityg) biotic potential.

3) Which has greater biotic potential?

a)Ducksb)Polar

Bearsc)Bacteria

4) Orangutans:Females Mature 10 yearsBirth to single babies once every eight yearsWhat type of survivorship do you think it has?

Warm Up 27 (use Deer Activity)

1) After the Wolves were introduced, what happened to the Deer dying of starvation? WHY?

2) What do you think the approximate carrying capacity on the island is for deer AND wolves?

3) How do you think the deer population is controlled in NJ?