Define the Following Terms: Population Density and Dispersion
Ecology Project
Name______Due Date______
Directions: Each student will put together a paper folder/binder with the information below. Each page must be titled and numbered. ALL work must be done by hand and not on the computer. The information should be presented in the same order as it is here. Examples from the text may be used but must be reproduced by hand. Each vocabulary word is worth one point. Number each vocabulary word. Start renumbering the vocabulary words on each new page. Each visual display should be colored if appropriate and is worth six points. Up to 30% may be subtracted from the final grade for the quality of the presentation. There will be a written test over the material in the project on the due date. The grade on the notebook and the grade on the test will be averaged for the final project grade.
Page 1
Define the following terms: population density and dispersion.
Page 2
Visual display and explanation of the three dispersion patterns.
Page 3
Define the following terms: population model, growth rate, linear growth, exponential growth, carrying capacity, density dependent factor, density independent factor, logistic model, r-strategists, and k-strategists.
Page 4
Visual display and explanation of the exponential growth curve and the logistic growth curve.
Page 5
Define the following terms: ecology, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, habitat, biotic factor, abiotic factor, an biodiversity.
Page 6
Visual display and explanation of the hierarchy of life: organism, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere.
Page 7
Define the following terms: succession, primary succession, and secondary succession.
Page 8
Visual display and explanation of primary succession
Page 9
Define the following terms: primary productivity, producers, consumers, trophic level, food chain, food web, autotrophs, heterotrophs, first order consumer, second order consumer, third order consumer, herbivore, carnivore, detritivore, and decomposer.
Page 10
Visual display and explanation of a food chain and a food web.
Page 11
Define the following terms: biomass and energy pyramid.
Page 12
Visual display of an energy pyramid, a numbers pyramid, and a biomass pyramid.
Page 13
Define the following terms: biogeochemical cycle, ground water, transpiration, respiration, combustion, erosion, nitrogen fixation, assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification.
Page 14
Visual display and explanation of the water cycle, the carbon cycle, and the nitrogen cycle.
Page 15
Define the following terms: coevolution, predation, parasitism, secondary compounds, symbiosis, mutualism, and commensalism.
Page 16
Visual display and explanation of parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism.
Page 17
Define the following terms: competition, niche, fundamental niche, realized niche, and competitive exclusion.
Page 18
Visual display and explanation of the effects of competition on the realized niches of two species.
Page 19-26
Give the following information about the terrestrial biomes: temperature range, annual precipitation, types of flora, types of fauna, and any major limiting factors.
Page 27
Define the following terms: acid rain, chlorofluorocarbons, greenhouse effect, biological magnification and aquifer.
Page 28
Visual display and explanation of the ozone hole.
Page 29
Visual display and explanation of acid rain.
Page 30
Visual display and explanation of global warming.
Points Earned ______/ Total Points Possible 252 X 100 = Final Grade______