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In your lab notebook
Write a summary of how the game was played. Then
write these questions and answer them.
1. What do different aspects of the game represent
in today’s world?
2. What ecological issues we face today are similar
to the issues faced by people on Easter Island?
3. What did you learn about ecology, ecosystems,
and resource management from playing the
Survival Island game?
4. How are personal and social relationships
important in scientific endeavors?
Why are some species not
found in certain places?
• Climate
• Evolutionary history
Species distributions are a result of both
ecological & evolutionary interactions.
What factors determine where
living things are on Earth?
Why are some species not
found in certain places?
• Temperature
• Water
What climate factors are most
important in determining
distribution of organisms?
Why are some species not
found in certain places?
Why are some species not
found in certain places?
Why are some species not
found in certain places?
Why are Hesperoperla pacifica
and Claassenia sabulosa
not found together?
Hesperoperla pacifica Claassenia sabulosa
What determines how many
organisms of a species
live in an area?
What happens to a population
that has all needed resources?
• They multiply and replenish the earth.
mouse population growth
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0 50 100 150 200 250
time (days)
numberofmice
Worldmapper
• Deforestation
• Global Warming
How can we measure the health
of an ecosystem?
• How do doctors measure patient health?
• How do farmers measure how productive
fields are?
• Which is more stable, a food web with 3
species and 4 links; or a food web with 15
species and 38 links?
Biodiversity of Teton Watershed
• Take home lesson
– Lack of data does not make good conclusions
– Very important to collect data before
conclusions made
– Conclusions often change as new data is
accumulated
Where does the energy
you use to run your body
come from?
• The Sun
• Photosynthetic organisms (Producers)
• Animals (consumers)
Principles of Ecology
• Energy __________ through living systems.
Where does the matter you
are built of come from?
• Your food – you are what you eat!
Principles of Ecology
• Energy __________ through living systems.
• Nutrients or chemicals __________ through
living systems.
Is the global climate changing?
• NASA data
• NOAA data
Average Yearly Sunspot Number
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
year
sunspotnumber
What is causing global climate
to change?
What actions should be taken to
deal with global climate change?
Ecology

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Ecology

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  • 8. In your lab notebook Write a summary of how the game was played. Then write these questions and answer them. 1. What do different aspects of the game represent in today’s world? 2. What ecological issues we face today are similar to the issues faced by people on Easter Island? 3. What did you learn about ecology, ecosystems, and resource management from playing the Survival Island game? 4. How are personal and social relationships important in scientific endeavors?
  • 9. Why are some species not found in certain places? • Climate • Evolutionary history Species distributions are a result of both ecological & evolutionary interactions. What factors determine where living things are on Earth?
  • 10. Why are some species not found in certain places? • Temperature • Water What climate factors are most important in determining distribution of organisms?
  • 11. Why are some species not found in certain places? Why are some species not found in certain places?
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  • 16. Why are some species not found in certain places? Why are Hesperoperla pacifica and Claassenia sabulosa not found together?
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  • 25. What determines how many organisms of a species live in an area?
  • 26. What happens to a population that has all needed resources? • They multiply and replenish the earth.
  • 27. mouse population growth 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 50 100 150 200 250 time (days) numberofmice
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  • 42. How can we measure the health of an ecosystem? • How do doctors measure patient health? • How do farmers measure how productive fields are? • Which is more stable, a food web with 3 species and 4 links; or a food web with 15 species and 38 links?
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  • 44. Biodiversity of Teton Watershed • Take home lesson – Lack of data does not make good conclusions – Very important to collect data before conclusions made – Conclusions often change as new data is accumulated
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  • 46. Where does the energy you use to run your body come from? • The Sun • Photosynthetic organisms (Producers) • Animals (consumers)
  • 47. Principles of Ecology • Energy __________ through living systems.
  • 48. Where does the matter you are built of come from? • Your food – you are what you eat!
  • 49. Principles of Ecology • Energy __________ through living systems. • Nutrients or chemicals __________ through living systems.
  • 50. Is the global climate changing? • NASA data
  • 52. Average Yearly Sunspot Number 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 year sunspotnumber
  • 53. What is causing global climate to change?
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  • 55. What actions should be taken to deal with global climate change?