Names: _Julia Snyder ____
https://www.learner.org/series/the-habitable-planet-a-systems-approach-to-environmental-science/ecology-lab/
DATA TABLE: ECOLOGY
LESSON 1
Lesson 1:
Step 1
Prediction: starting population
Prediction: ending population
Starting population
Ending population
Lesson 1:
Step 2
Prediction: starting population
Prediction: ending population
Starting population
Ending population
Plant A
Plant B
5000
10000
5000
0
Plant A
Plant B
Herbivore A
10000
4000
10000
3334
0
6000
0
5001
1000
2054
Responses to questions
Step 1: #2 Plant A is dominant in this, and it is probably because plant a was more equipped to live in that environment.
Step 2: #1 Adding the rabbit does even out the populations more to the point where Plant b comes back stronger than
plant a because b has no predators.
After the rest Plant A: 3335
Plant B:4999
Herbivore A:2055 (almost the exact same results)
DATA TABLE: ECOLOGY
LESSON 2
Lesson 2:
Step 1
(X, , or )
Prediction
Simulation 1
Simulation 2
Lesson 2:
Step 2
(X, , or )
Prediction
Simulation 1
Simulation 2
Modifications
made
Plant A
Herbivore A
Omnivore A
Top Predator

4557
4588

1815
1699

122
126
X
11
2
Plant A
I think
they will
all find
balance
4938
4902
Responses to questions
Plant
B
Plant
C
Herbivore
A
Herbivore
B
Herbivore
C
Omnivore
A
Omnivore
B
Top
Predator
937
980
0
0
552
556
552
556
No more
plant c
552
556
No more
plant c
0
0
No more
omni B
0
0
98
225
Step 1: #2 everything would die
#3 Plant A increased at the beginning but evened out. Plant a and herbivore a seem to follow the same pattern.
#4 Plant A and B would benefit the most because they would get nutrients from them.
Step 2: #3 energy flows in all directions and the eating of an organism is the transfer of energy.
From: Annenberg Learner