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Smart Graphs Activity- African Lions
A. Go to: https://concord.org/stem-resources/african-lions-modeling-populations
B. Click on “Launch Activity”
C. Read each page carefully, answer the Qs on the computer and then answer the Qs 1-12 on your BINDER paper.
1. Where is the Ngorongoro Crater Located? Name 3 species that live there.
2. Define Ecology.
3. What happened in 1962-63 in terms of the Lion population? What caused this decline?
4. When the birth rate is larger than the death rate, the population will be _______________.
5. Page 7: What type of growth is the “Growing Bacteria” graph?
6. Page 8: At what hour is the bacterial population growth the fastest?
7. List 3 limiting factors for in the crater.
8. How is logistic growth different than exponential growth? Draw an example of each or explain your answer in sentence form.
9. List the density-dependent limiting factors and the density-independent limiting factors.
10. Why does a population level off at the carrying capacity? Explain your answer.
11. Page 17: What was the correct answer?
12. What are your thoughts on human population growth? Some Scientists believe the human carrying capacity is about 10 Billion
people and the current human population is about 7.4 billion. Be specific. 4 sentences min.
Smart Graphs Activity- African Lions
A. Go to: https://concord.org/stem-resources/african-lions-modeling-populations
B. Click on “Launch Activity”
C. Read each page carefully, answer the Qs on the computer and then answer the Qs 1-12 on your BINDER paper.
1. Where is the Ngorongoro Crater Located? Name 3 species that live there.
2. Define Ecology.
3. What happened in 1962-63 in terms of the Lion population? What caused this decline?
4. When the birth rate is larger than the death rate, the population will be _______________.
5. Page 7: What type of growth is the “Growing Bacteria” graph?
6. Page 8: At what hour is the bacterial population growth the fastest?
7. List 3 limiting factors for in the crater.
8. How is logistic growth different than exponential growth? Draw an example of each or explain your answer in sentence form.
9. List the density-dependent limiting factors and the density-independent limiting factors.
10. Why does a population level off at the carrying capacity? Explain your answer.
11. Page 17: What was the correct answer?
12. What are your thoughts on human population growth? Some Scientists believe the human carrying capacity is about 10 Billion
people and the current human population is about 7.4 billion. Be specific. 4 sentences min.
Smart Graphs Activity- African Lions
A. Go to: https://concord.org/stem-resources/african-lions-modeling-populations
B. Click on “Launch Activity”
C. Read each page carefully, answer the Qs on the computer and then answer the Qs 1-12 on your BINDER paper.
1. Where is the Ngorongoro Crater Located? Name 3 species that live there.
2. Define Ecology.
3. What happened in 1962-63 in terms of the Lion population? What caused this decline?
4. When the birth rate is larger than the death rate, the population will be _______________.
5. Page 7: What type of growth is the “Growing Bacteria” graph?
6. Page 8: At what hour is the bacterial population growth the fastest?
7. List 3 limiting factors for in the crater.
8. How is logistic growth different than exponential growth? Draw an example of each or explain your answer in sentence form.
9. List the density-dependent limiting factors and the density-independent limiting factors.
10. Why does a population level off at the carrying capacity? Explain your answer.
11. Page 17: What was the correct answer?
12. What are your thoughts on human population growth? Some Scientists believe the human carrying capacity is about 10 Billion
people and the current human population is about 7.4 billion. Be specific. 4 sentences min.