1. Name three essential components of habitat (things animals need to survive).
A.Food
B.Water
C.Shelter
2. Explain what caused the increase of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
Plenty of resources throughout the year caused the increase of deer.
3. Explain what caused the decrease of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
The cause of the decrease of deer population was the lack of resources and disasters such as fire, drought and predation.
4. Define the term limiting factor. Give examples of limiting factors for the deer in our activity.
Limiting factor is what controls the population. An example of a limiting factor was the resources.
6. Often we use the phrase “balance of nature” to describe a healthy ecosystem. Based on our graph, what does the “balance of nature” look like? Should we expect populations to be static (unchanging) or do they naturally fluctuate? Explain.
The balance of nature was the constant flux of population and resources. Our populations naturally fluctuate, because the amount of resources affect the amount of population.
7. What did you learn about population dynamics by doing this activity?
The more resources we have the more population we have
A.Food
B.Water
C.Shelter
2. Explain what caused the increase of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
Plenty of resources throughout the year caused the increase of deer.
3. Explain what caused the decrease of “deer” during the activity you participated in.
The cause of the decrease of deer population was the lack of resources and disasters such as fire, drought and predation.
4. Define the term limiting factor. Give examples of limiting factors for the deer in our activity.
Limiting factor is what controls the population. An example of a limiting factor was the resources.
6. Often we use the phrase “balance of nature” to describe a healthy ecosystem. Based on our graph, what does the “balance of nature” look like? Should we expect populations to be static (unchanging) or do they naturally fluctuate? Explain.
The balance of nature was the constant flux of population and resources. Our populations naturally fluctuate, because the amount of resources affect the amount of population.
7. What did you learn about population dynamics by doing this activity?
The more resources we have the more population we have