Oh Deer Lab
1. Name three essential components of habitat (things animals need to survive).
- Food, water, shelter
2. Explain what caused the increase of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
- The increased of deer was due to more resources available
3. Explain what caused the decrease of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
- The decrease of deer population was due to the lack of resources that occur after the growth of deer
4. Define the term limiting factor. Give examples of limiting factors for the deer in our activity.
- A factor which limits the growth in either an organism or population of a specie. The limiting factors in our activity were food, water, and shelter
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 off our graph, the balance of nature looks like a constant change in population based on resources available. Populations will naturally flux. An abundance of resources necessary for survival will result in an increase of specie. However the increase will lead to a decrease of those resources due to competition, meaning that many will be forced to die due to
resources not be sustainable.
7. What did you learn about population dynamics by doing this activity?
- From this activity I learned:
** The more resources available, the higher the population will grow to
** Population can flux based on resources available
** Every population has a carrying capacity based on resources
5. Graph the data from the activity and attach to this sheet (make
sure to correctly title and label the axes). Describe what the graph of our
data looks like. How and why did our deer population
change?
The graph of our data looks like constant decreases and constant increase in population of deer. Our population changed based on amount of resources available. Within a sustainable resource quantity available, population will grow. However if
the quantity is not enough to sustain all of the deer, many will die off. This will allow more resources to be available, restarting the cycle.
- Food, water, shelter
2. Explain what caused the increase of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
- The increased of deer was due to more resources available
3. Explain what caused the decrease of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
- The decrease of deer population was due to the lack of resources that occur after the growth of deer
4. Define the term limiting factor. Give examples of limiting factors for the deer in our activity.
- A factor which limits the growth in either an organism or population of a specie. The limiting factors in our activity were food, water, and shelter
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 off our graph, the balance of nature looks like a constant change in population based on resources available. Populations will naturally flux. An abundance of resources necessary for survival will result in an increase of specie. However the increase will lead to a decrease of those resources due to competition, meaning that many will be forced to die due to
resources not be sustainable.
7. What did you learn about population dynamics by doing this activity?
- From this activity I learned:
** The more resources available, the higher the population will grow to
** Population can flux based on resources available
** Every population has a carrying capacity based on resources
5. Graph the data from the activity and attach to this sheet (make
sure to correctly title and label the axes). Describe what the graph of our
data looks like. How and why did our deer population
change?
The graph of our data looks like constant decreases and constant increase in population of deer. Our population changed based on amount of resources available. Within a sustainable resource quantity available, population will grow. However if
the quantity is not enough to sustain all of the deer, many will die off. This will allow more resources to be available, restarting the cycle.