1. Name three essential components of habitat (things animals need to survive)
A. Food
B. Water
C. Shelter
2. Explain what caused the increase of "deer" during the activity you participated in.
The amount of resources (plenty) caused the increase of "deer" because they are able to reproduce.
3. Explain what caused the decrease of "deer" during the activity you participated in.
The lack of resources caused the decrease in number of "deers".
4. Define the term limiting factor. Give examples of limiting factor for the deer in our activity.
A limiting factor limits the growth of development of an organism, population, or process.
5. Describe what the graph of our data looks like. How and why did our deer population change?
When we graphed our data, as you can see above, the deer population increased greatly throughout 3 years but in a matter of 1 year it had a huge decrease. It kept increasing and decreasing.
6. Often we use the phrase "balance of nature" to describe a healthy ecosystem. Based on our graph, what does the "balance of nature" look like? Should we expect populations to be static (unchanging) or do they naturally fluctuate? Explain.
Based on our graph the "balance of nature" looks like it increases and decreases very often. We should expect populations to naturally fluctuate because they will change with their natural environment.
A. Food
B. Water
C. Shelter
2. Explain what caused the increase of "deer" during the activity you participated in.
The amount of resources (plenty) caused the increase of "deer" because they are able to reproduce.
3. Explain what caused the decrease of "deer" during the activity you participated in.
The lack of resources caused the decrease in number of "deers".
4. Define the term limiting factor. Give examples of limiting factor for the deer in our activity.
A limiting factor limits the growth of development of an organism, population, or process.
5. Describe what the graph of our data looks like. How and why did our deer population change?
When we graphed our data, as you can see above, the deer population increased greatly throughout 3 years but in a matter of 1 year it had a huge decrease. It kept increasing and decreasing.
6. Often we use the phrase "balance of nature" to describe a healthy ecosystem. Based on our graph, what does the "balance of nature" look like? Should we expect populations to be static (unchanging) or do they naturally fluctuate? Explain.
Based on our graph the "balance of nature" looks like it increases and decreases very often. We should expect populations to naturally fluctuate because they will change with their natural environment.