Question you are
answering/Problem
you are addressing:
Your response needs to be about competition, limiting factors, carrying capacity, or even scarcity. This question is something you come up with based on the vocabulary terms listed above. This question or problem is not found in your lesson it is based on what you know.
How does competition among different species in an ecosystem affect the availability of resources and ultimately limit the carrying capacity for each species?
can you make the question around a woodland ecosystem
Certainly! Here's a question related to a woodland ecosystem:
How does competition for limited sunlight, nutrients, and space among different plant species in a woodland ecosystem influence the carrying capacity of the ecosystem as a whole?
Read the information about graphs in your Pearson Online lesson:
Unit 3, Lesson 11, Page 2
Unit 3, Lesson 12: Page 1 (definitions), Page 2 (watch the video),
Based on the information on these pages, including the video, decide which type of data you have collected and which type of graph you will create.
Graph your data using the “graphing paper” provided in the Lab Report under the Graph section keeping in mind the information you just reviewed and the following:
An independent variable is the variable you are manipulating (time, temperature, location, etc.)
A dependent variable is the variable you are measuring in the experiment. The dependent variable changes because of the independent variable. It ‘depends’ on the independent variable.
Make sure your graph is clear and legible.
If you have a drawing tool, you may use it to draw over the graph paper on the lab report.
If you are working in Google Docs:
For a bar graph: select the boxes you wish to include in your graph and click on the “bucket icon” to change the background color. Choose a background color and the selected boxes will be filled in.
how would I do this for a woodland ecosystem?
In order to create a graph for a woodland ecosystem, you would need to collect data on relevant variables and determine the relationship between them. Let's say you are interested in studying the relationship between the number of tree species and the abundance of bird species in a particular woodland ecosystem. Here's how you could proceed:
1. Conduct a survey or field study in the woodland ecosystem to collect data on the number of tree species and the abundance of bird species in different areas.
2. Once you have your data, identify the independent and dependent variables. In this case, the number of tree species would be the independent variable as it is being measured or manipulated, while the abundance of bird species would be the dependent variable as it changes depending on the number of tree species.
3. Use the information from your Pearson Online lessons, specifically Unit 3, Lesson 11, and Unit 3, Lesson 12, to decide which type of graph would be appropriate. In this scenario, a bar graph would be suitable to display the relationship between the number of tree species and the abundance of bird species.
4. Utilize the provided "graphing paper" in the Lab Report section, or if you are working in Google Docs, select the appropriate boxes and use the "bucket icon" to change the background color to represent the data points on the bar graph.
5. Label the x-axis with the number of tree species and the y-axis with the abundance of bird species. Ensure that the graph is clear and legible for easy interpretation.
By following these steps, you should be able to create a bar graph to visually represent the data on the relationship between tree species and bird species abundance in the woodland ecosystem.
I chose a woodland ecosystem and my organism is two white tailed deer,
In season 1:
deer 1: 12, 7, 9
deer 2: 8, 12, 6
season 2:
deer 1: 13, 8, 10
deer 2: 7, 11, 9
How would I make this into a bar graph?
To create a bar graph representing the population sizes of two white-tailed deer in a woodland ecosystem over two seasons, follow these steps:
1. Determine the independent and dependent variables. In this case, the independent variable is the seasons (Season 1 and Season 2), and the dependent variable is the population size of the white-tailed deer.
2. Set up your graph paper or create a bar graph in Google Docs. Label the x-axis with the seasons (Season 1 and Season 2) and the y-axis with the population size.
3. For each deer, plot the population size data as vertical bars on the graph. For example, for Deer 1 in Season 1, the population sizes are 12, 7, and 9. Represent these values as bars of corresponding heights on the graph above the "Season 1" label. Repeat the same process for Deer 2 in Season 1, and continue with the population data for both deer in Season 2.
4. To represent each deer's population, you can use different colors for the bars. For instance, choose one color for Deer 1 and another color for Deer 2.
5. Make sure to include a legend indicating which color represents each deer.
6. Label each bar with their respective population size to provide clarity and ensure accurate interpretation.
Your final graph should display two bars for each season, with one bar representing the population size of Deer 1 and the other bar representing the population size of Deer 2. The height of the bars will correspond to the population sizes as given in your data.