Review Tasks

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Review Tasks

• Ecology

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Task 1

1. Create a graph for this data, including all
   necessary details.
2. What is the carrying capacity for this
   environment? Label this on your graph.
3. What do you infer is taking place between the 5th
   and 7th months of this study?
4. Considering the organism being studied, what are
   three factors that could limit the growth of this
   population?

Population Growth of Clownfish Measured in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia Population Growth of Clownfish Measured in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia
Months Number of Clownfish
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3000 9700 16,000 28,500 40,080 40,200 40,240 40,256
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Task 2 Explain what is occurring in each of
these graphs.
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Task 3

• Explain how all organisms are inter-dependent
  using all of the following terms, and underlining
  each term as it is used
• Population, depend, abiotic, directly, resources

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Task 4

• Create a small table listing the three types of
  symbiotic relationships and show how each
  organism is affected.
• Example
• Symbiotic Relationship Organism 1 Organism 2
• () ?

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Task 5

• Calculate the population density for the 5
  boroughs of New York City (305 square miles)
  having a population of 8,405,837.

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Task 6

• Explain the cycle of nitrogen in an ecosystem.