APES 11.6 and 11.7
PLEASE PUT YOUR LAB BOOK BY THE FUME HOOD
TAKE OUT YOUR PARKING LOT LAB
LOG IN TO A COMPUTER FOR LATER
Learning Targets
Parking Lot Biodiversity
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Be prepared to share:
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Which parking lot was more diverse? How do
you know?

How could the Simpson Index be used in a real
ecosystem?
Unit 4 Test Results
Multiple Choice out of 42
Short Answer out of 20
A = 38-42
A = 18-20
B = 34-37.5
B = 16-17.5
C = 29.5- 33.5
C = 14-16
D = 25.5-29
D = 12-13.5
Period 2 Class Average = 76% (31.9)
Period 2 Class Average = 73.7% (14.75)
Retakes for scores below 29
Retakes for scores below 14
Retakes must be done by next Friday, 11/13
Test Corrections
1. Tell
me why your multiple choice answer was wrong.
Good: my answer, that land at the equator has the highest albedo,
is wrong because snow has the greatest albedo SINCE IT REFLECTS
SO MUCH LIGHT.
Bad: my answer, B, is wrong because I just forgot to study that.
2. Re-answer short answer.
EcoColumns Data Collection
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pH, temperature with probes
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Nitrate, phosphate with blue test kits
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D.O. with glass ampule kit
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Water it with treated water and bubble air in for fish (if you want)
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Record what you added/subtracted
Next week: what do all these #s mean? We will get some background
info. and start to make sense of what’s going on.
Invasive Species
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Remember, Invasive Species are one of the 6 threats to
biodiversity:
Habitat Destruction/Fragmentation
Invasive Species
Population Growth
Pollution
Climate Change
Overexploitation
Native vs. Alien
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Native Species = species that live in their historical
range; thrived there due to natural selection
 Endemic
species = only live in a small area; at
greatest risk (i.e. hot springs fish)
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Alien Species = species living outside it’s historical range

Invasive Species= alien species that spreads rapidly
across large areas

Example: Zebra Mussels

Native to Black Sea and Caspian Sea (Europe, W. Asia)

Cargo ships carrying seawater came over to St. Lawrence River and
the Great Lakes in the 1980’s and dumped their unneeded water

Zebra mussels colonized the Great Lakes, killing off native mussels

Can multiply so fast (1 female = 30,000 eggs) that they clog industrial
pipes!
Invasive Species
http://wdfw.wa.gov/ais/d
/
Your Turn!
 Number
off by 4’s
1’s: Silver carp, Kudzu
2’s: Scotchbroom, Cane
toads
3’s Brown tree snake, Lionfish
4’s: Nile perch, Asian
longhorn beetle
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For your species:
1.
Where they’re from
2.
Current range
3.
How they spread
4.
Why they are so effective at
colonizing new areas
5.
Negative consequences to
native ecosystems
Due Next Time

Your notes on modules
15, 16, 18, 20

End of module Multiple
Choice

Key terms not already
included in notes

Invasive species are NOT
homework