Week 28 Packet (March 13, 2017)
KBAT (Know, Be Able To)
Vocabulary: Define Each Word and give an Example.
Biotic
Immigration
Abiotic
Intrinsic
BIDE
Metapopulation
Carrying capacity
Natality
Demographic bottleneck
Population crash
Emigration
Species richness
Extrinsic
Stress related disease
Fecundity
Sustainable yield
Be Able To
***Draw J-S-shaped curves. Label lag phase, exponential growth, and stabilization phases on
each curve. Plot the carrying capacity on the S-shaped curve.
***Contrast density independent and density dependent controls on population growth.
***Summarize the BIDE factors that control population sizes and explain sustainable yield.
***Draw the four types of survivorship curves. Characterize the types of organisms represented
by the curves.
***Predict the effects of small population changes on isolated species.
Reading Assignment:
Chapter: Chapter 6
Complete Study Guide for Chapter 6
Data Analysis: Comparing Exponential to Logistic Population Growth. (Top of page 130)
Due: March 20, 2017
Name:__________________________________________Period:____________________
Study Guide for Chapter 6
1. Describe the restrictions on population growth.
2. Explain how growth is described symbolically.
3. What does Nt=N0rt stand for and how is it used?
4. What does delta (d) or Δ mean?
5. Explain exponential growth and how it is determined.
6. Describe what ΔN is if r>0, r<o and r=0.
7. Explain the cycle of exponential growth.
8. Summarize the equation for logistic growth. (Include how the equation works and two
examples)
9. Draw Figure 6.5. J Curve with overshoot of carrying capacity.
10. Draw Figure 6.6. S Curve or logistic growth curve.
11. Describe the difference between r-selected species and K-selected species. Give
examples of both.
12. Write in Table 6.1. Reproductive Strategies.
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13. Determine which species used r or K strategies for ants, bald eagles, cheetahs, clams,
dandelions, giraffes, and sharks.
14. Explain r=BIDE. (Include the meaning of BIDE, and the relationship for each letter.)
15. Draw the Figure 6.8 (graph on page 123.) Three basic survivorship curves.
16. Read “Think About It” on page 123. Answer the four questions asked.
17. Read “What Do You Think” on page 122. Answer the four questions at the end of the
article.
18. Describe the four factors that determine population growth.
19. Explain the relationship between density-independent and abiotic factors. (Include at
least six abiotic factors)
20. Summarize interspecific interactions occur between species.
21. Draw Figure 6.9. Ten-year oscillation between lynx and hare.
22. Summarize interspecific interactions occur within a species.
23. Explain the factors that stress and crowding play in different populations.
24. Summarize the density-dependent effects on populations.
25. Describe how island biogeography affects different population survival rates.
26. Summarize how genetics helps to predict survival of different species.
27. Explain the factors that determine minimum viable population size.