Download Guide to Understanding Community Ecology

Guide to Understanding Community Ecology
To receive credit for this assignment, you must complete a minimum of 70 points worth of activities after you
have watched the 3 short presentations on Community Ecology found at Ecology Crash Course, video #4, #5
and #6 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX. You should not
begin the work on these activities until you have watched the videos. You must choose at least one activity
from each column. You may earn up to a maximum of 100 points. All work must be original – no copying /
plagiarism.
10 points:
Level 1
Activity 1
Complete guided reading 54.1
to 54.5. See the Community
Ecology folder for the
handout.
20 points:
Level 2
Activity 2
Using a Venn Diagram, compare and
contrast competition, predation,
parasitism, mutualism and
commensalism. Give an example of
each and in a brief paragraph,
describe how each type of interaction
affects the distribution and abundance
of populations. (No handout)
30 points:
Level 3
Activity 3
Compose an answer to a free
response question on the topic of
Succession. See the Community
Ecology folder for the prompt.
Activity 4
Complete exercise 2
(Interspecific Interactions),
exercise 3 (Interspecific
Interactions), and exercise 5
(Succession). See the
Community Ecology folder for
the handout.
Activity 5
You are a reporter for Save the Planet
who is investigating the link between
genetic diversity within a species and
species extinction rates. Research and
record a news segment to inform your
viewers about how species with little
genetic diversity are at risk for
extinction. See the Community
Ecology folder for guidelines.
Activity 6
Compose an answer to the free
response question on the topic of
Community Ecology. See the
Community Ecology folder for the
prompt.
Activity 7
Draw a food web using the
information presented in the
“Unraveling the Food Web”
handout. See the Community
Ecology folder for the
handout.
Activity 8
Once again, you are reporting for Save
the Planet. This time you have the
opportunity for an exclusive interview
with a wild-life expert who specializes
in your favorite keystone species. You
have been asked to record your
interview in order to inform your
audience of the role this amazing
species plays in the community. See
the Community Ecology folder for
guidelines. (2 people required)
Activity 9
Compose an answer to the free
response question on the topic of
Symbiotic Relationships. See the
Community Ecology folder for the
prompt.