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BIO 315 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   BIO 315 Week 1 DQ
1 BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2 BIO 315 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Beren Robinson Field Study Paper BIO
315 Week 2 DQ 1 BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2 BIO 315 Week
2 DQ 3     
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BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is your
personal definition of ecology? How do the
definitions of ecology presented by Essentials of
Ecology and the one proposed by Ernst Haeckel
vary? Which of these previous definitions of
ecology do you agree with and why?     
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BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the
difference between evolution and natural
selection? What factors make the Galapagos
Islands such a fertile ground for observing
evolution and natural selection? What are some
other sites that you might propose to observe
evolution and natural selection in action?
    
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BIO 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Beren
Robinson Field Study Paper   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources Field
Study by Beren Robinson in Ch. 5 of Elements of
EcologyWrite a 700- to 1,050-word paper
explaining the important aspects of the study and
how they relate to ecology and evolution.Describe
original observations of researchers.Describe
the study in detailResearch questions of study
Hypotheses Variables in studyDiscuss research
findings.     
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BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is
intraspecific competition? What are some examples
of how the limited quantity of resources affect
intraspecific completion? How does intraspecific
competition affect species distribution and their
evolution     
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BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   differentiation or
complementary experiments explain aspects of
evolutionary theory?     
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BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Describe the three
main types of predator defined in ecology. How
does an understanding of fitness, abundance, and
foraging behavior help us understand predation?
How does environmental patchiness or
fragmentation affect predatorprey
populations?     
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BIO 315 Week 2 Environment and Resources   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Write an
750- to 1,050-word, two-part paper discussing
plant and animal adaptations. Part 1         
Choose one plant and one animal living within 40
miles of your current residence. Briefly describe
your environment including temperature and
precipitation. Identify the biome in which you
live.          Describe how your chosen plant
has adapted to its current environment. Does the
plant use photosynthesis? Does it compete with
other plants? How does the plant adjust to
temperature extremes? Describe specifically how
the plant has adapted.     
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BIO 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Environment,
Resources, and Competition   For more classes
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University of Phoenix Materials Temperature and
Precipitation, Intraspecific Competition, and
Interspecific Competition located on your student
websiteImagine you are an ecologist studying
ecosystems. In this assignment, you are given a
set of data to study.Review the Temperature and
Precipitation data, Intraspecific Competition
data, and Interspecific Competition data located
on your student website.     
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BIO 315 Week 2 Intraspecific Competition and
Interspecific Competition Presentation For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources Un
iversity of Phoenix Materials Intraspecific
Competition, and Interspecific Competition Create 
a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentat
ion that includes the following          An
overview of intraspecific competition and
interspecific competition Explain these terms,
and provide a brief overview of each.     
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BIO 315 Week 2 Learning Team Exercises For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Complete the
followingAfter reading Ch. 1 of Essentials of
Ecology, create an outline of the main
interactions that happen between organisms,
populations, and communities in an assigned
ecosystem. Develop an outline and suggest
additional interactions that might be important.
    
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BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are some ways
ecologists define populations? What are some of
the factors that regulate populations? What
challenges do ecologists encounter when studying
populations?     
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BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is demographic
stochasticity? Why are small populations more
susceptible to extinction from demographic
stochasticity than larger populations? Why is
demographic stochasticity important to
biologists?     
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BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is primary and
secondary production? What are the limiting
factors on primary production in terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems? Why is it important for an
ecologist to be able to understand the energy
pathways through trophic levels?     
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BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 4 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is a
biogeochemical cycle? Describe how the
hydrological cycle transports water through
ecosystems. What are some examples of both benign
and disruptive human contributions to
biogeochemical cycles?     
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BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast
Culture Lab (2 Paper)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   This Tutorial
contains 2 Papers   Outline, Yeast Lab Worksheet,
and Yeast Lab Spreadsheet located on your student
websiteReview the Yeast Lab Worksheet. It
contains images of four yeast samples that were
observed at 0, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours.Count
the number of yeast cultures observed at each
interval.Record the data on the Yeast Lab
Spreadsheet and analyze the graphs.     
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BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast
Culture Lab For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Resources University of Phoenix
Materials Lab Report Outline, Yeast Lab
Worksheet, and Yeast Lab Spreadsheet located on
your student website Review the Yeast Lab
Worksheet. It contains images of four yeast
samples that were observed at 0, 24, 48, 72, and
96 hours. Count the number of yeast cultures
observed at each interval. Record the data on the
Yeast Lab Spreadsheet and analyze the
graphs.     
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BIO 315 Week 3 Learning Team Exercises For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Ecosystem
StabilityComplete the followingIdentify
producers and consumers in your native biome and
answer the following questionsHow would
removing a producer affect that biome?What if a
consumer is removed?How are the results
different?     
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Define the following
terms biome, mosaic, and patch. What role does
scale play in the study of ecology? Why are
aquatic ecosystems classified differently than
terrestrial biomes?     
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   How does climate
influence a biome? What are some of the factors
that determine an areas biome? Why do ecologists
study the transitional zones between biomes?
    
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 3   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the
difference between species richness and
diversity? What are some of the challenges in
determining the species richness of a community?
How can these challenges be overcome?     
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 4   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   How do alien species
affect ecosystems? How might alien plants and
animals influence evolutionary differentiation?
Why is understanding diversity and species
richness so challenging for ecologists?     
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BIO 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Ecosystem
WebQuest and Presentation For more classes
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WebQuest located on your student websiteSelect
an ecosystem to examine. Obtain faculty approval
for your ecosystem.Navigate the Ecosystem
WebQuest and answer the questions located within
it.Prepare a 9- to 10- slide Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation describing your teams
selected ecosystem and Ecosystem WebQuest. Answer
all of the questions within the WebQuest.Present
the Ecosystem WebQuest and Presentation.     
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BIO 315 Week 5 Concept Brochure   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   esource Tri-
Fold Pamphlet Guide Choose one objective from the
class, and create a brochure demonstrating the
concepts in this objective. Imagine you are
creating a brochure for a future BIO/315 student
to explain one topic that will be covered in the
class. Include the following     
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BIO 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment Estuary
Project Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resource The San
Francisco Estuary Project websiteRead the
Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary Project
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
found on the San Francisco Estuary Projects
(SFEP) website at http//sfep.abag.ca.govSelect
the Publications link on the left-hand side of
the site.     
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BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Study
Review and DiscussionComplete the
followingRead the field study in Ch. 20 of
Elements of Ecology and discuss the questions at
the end.Discuss any concept that a team member
is having a difficult time understanding.Examine
the importance and applicability of this weeks
concepts to each team member and to society in
general.Post your teams solutions from this
exercise as a 150- to 200-word summary via the
Assignments link. Briefly describe how this
activity applied to the weekly concepts     
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BIO 315 Week 5 San Francisco Estuary Project For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resource
 The San Francisco Estuary Project
website Read the Introduction to the San
Francisco Estuary Project Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan found on the San
Francisco Estuary Project's (SFEP) website
athttp//sfep.abag.ca.gov           
Clickthe About the Estuary link at the top of the
site.     
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