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2. BIO 315 Entire Course (UOP) • BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 1 • BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2 • BIO 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Beren Robinson Field Study Paper • BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 1 • BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2 • BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3 • BIO 315 Week 2 Learning Team Exercises • BIO 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Environment

3. BIO 315 Week 1 Assignment Beren Robinson Field Study Paper (UOP) • Resources: Field Study by Beren Robinson in Ch. 5 of Elements of EcologyWrite a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the important aspects of the study and how they relate to ecology and evolution.Describe original observations of researchers.Describe the study in detail:·Research questions of study ·Hypotheses ·Variables in studyDiscuss research findings.·Include a brief, general overview of how ecologists use evidence and observation to quantify results before going in to the specific findings of this case study.Discuss evolution and its relationship to natural selection.

4. BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) • What is your personal definition of ecology? How do the definitions of ecology presented by Essentials of Ecology and the one proposed by Ernst Haeckel vary? Which of these previous definitions of ecology do you agree with and why?

5. BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) • What is the difference between evolution and natural selection? What factors make the Galapagos Islands such a fertile ground for observing evolution and natural selection? What are some other sites that you might propose to observe evolution and natural selection in action?

6. BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) • What is intraspecific competition? What are some examples of how the limited quantity of resources affect intraspecific completion? How does intraspecific competition affect species distribution and their evolution?

7. BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) • Define the terms fundamental niche and realized niche. How does competition relate to George Evelyn Hutchinson’s concept of niches? How can niche differentiation or complementary experiments explain aspects of evolutionary theory?

8. BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP) • Describe the three main types of predator defined in ecology. How does an understanding of fitness, abundance, and foraging behavior help us understand predation? How does environmental patchiness or fragmentation affect predator–prey populations?

9. BIO 315 Week 2 Environment and Resources • Write an 750- to 1,050-word, two-part paper discussing plant and animal adaptations. • Part 1 • ·         Choose one plant and one animal living within 40 miles of your current residence. Briefly describe your environment including temperature and precipitation. Identify the biome in which you live. • ·         Describe how your chosen plant has adapted to its current environment. Does the plant use photosynthesis? Does it compete with other plants? How does the plant adjust to temperature extremes? Describe specifically how the plant has adapted. • ·         Describe how your chosen animal has adapted to its current environment. How does it obtain food? How does the animal compensate for temperature extremes

10. BIO 315 Week 2 Environment, Resources, and Competition (UOP) • Resources: University of Phoenix Materials: Temperature and Precipitation, Intraspecific Competition, and Interspecific Competition located on your student websiteImagine you are an ecologist studying ecosystems. In this assignment, you are given a set of data to study.Review the Temperature and Precipitation data, Intraspecific Competition data, and Interspecific Competition data located on your student website.Analyze the data provided in three graphs.Environment, Resources, and Competition Presentation:Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentationthat

11. BIO 315 Week 2 Intraspecific Competition and Interspecific Competition Presentation • Resources: University of Phoenix Materials: Intraspecific Competition, and Interspecific Competition • Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following: • ·         An overview of intraspecific competition and interspecific competition: Explain these terms, and provide a brief overview of each. • ·         How does intraspecific competition and interspecific competition affect populations? • ·         Review the intraspecific competition data in the University of Phoenix Material: Intraspecific Competition.

12. BIO 315 Week 2 Learning Team Exercises (UOP) • Complete the following:After reading Ch. 1 of Essentials of Ecology, create an outline of the main interactions that happen between organisms, populations, and communities in an assigned ecosystem. Develop an outline and suggest additional interactions that might be important.Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each team member and to society in general.·Post your team’s outline

13. BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) • What are some ways ecologists define populations? What are some of the factors that regulate populations? What challenges do ecologists encounter when studying populations?

14. BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) • What is demographic stochasticity? Why are small populations more susceptible to extinction from demographic stochasticity than larger populations? Why is demographic stochasticity important to biologists?

15. BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP) • What is primary and secondary production? What are the limiting factors on primary production in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems? Why is it important for an ecologist to be able to understand the energy pathways through trophic levels?

16. BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 4 (UOP) • What is a biogeochemical cycle? Describe how the hydrological cycle transports water through ecosystems. What are some examples of both benign and disruptive human contributions to biogeochemical cycles?

17. BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast Culture Lab (2 Paper) • This Tutorial contains 2 Papers • Outline, Yeast Lab Worksheet, and Yeast Lab Spreadsheet located on your student websiteReview the Yeast Lab Worksheet. It contains images of four yeast samples that were observed at 0, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours.Count the number of yeast cultures observed at each interval.Record the data on the Yeast Lab Spreadsheet

18. BIO 315 Week 3 Learning Team Exercises (UOP) • Ecosystem Stability·Complete the following:Identify producers and consumers in your native biome and answer the following questions:·How would removing a producer affect that biome?·What if a consumer is removed?·How are the results different?·In what situation would an ecosystem be unaffected by the removal of producer or consumer?Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each

19. BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) • Define the following terms: biome, mosaic, and patch. What role does scale play in the study of ecology? Why are aquatic ecosystems classified differently than terrestrial biomes?

20. BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) • How does climate influence a biome? What are some of the factors that determine an area’s biome? Why do ecologists study the transitional zones between biomes?

21. BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP) • What is the difference between species richness and diversity? What are some of the challenges in determining the species richness of a community? How can these challenges be overcome?

22. BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 4 (UOP) • How do alien species affect ecosystems? How might alien plants and animals influence evolutionary differentiation? Why is understanding diversity and species richness so challenging for ecologists?

23. BIO 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Ecosystem WebQuest and Presentation (UOP) • Resource: Ecosystem WebQuest located on your student websiteSelect an ecosystem to examine. Obtain faculty approval for your ecosystem.Navigate the Ecosystem WebQuest and answer the questions located within it.Prepare a 9- to 10- slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation describing your team’s selected ecosystem and Ecosystem WebQuest. Answer all of the questions within the WebQuest.Present the Ecosystem WebQuest and Presentation.

24. BIO 315 Week 5 Concept Brochure • Resource: Tri-Fold Pamphlet Guide • Choose one objective from the class, and create a brochure demonstrating the concepts in this objective. • Imagine you are creating a brochure for a future BIO/315 student to explain one topic that will be covered in the class. • Include the following: • ·         Clearly state your chosen objective. • ·         Identify three concepts needed to master this

25. BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises (UOP) • Case Study Review and DiscussionComplete the following:Read the field study in Ch. 20 of Elements of Ecology and discuss the questions at the end.Discuss any concept that a team member is having a difficult time understanding.Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each team member and to society in general.Post your team’s solutions from this exercise as a 150- to 200-word summary via the Assignments link. Briefly describe how this activity applied to the weekly concepts.

26. BIO 315 Week 5 San Francisco Estuary Project • Resource: The San Francisco Estuary Project website • Read the Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary Project Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan found on the San Francisco Estuary Project's (SFEP) website athttp://sfep.abag.ca.gov • ·         ClicktheAbout the Estuary link at the top of the site. • ·         Click the Documents & Reports link under the heading, and then select An Introduction to the Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary. • Feel free to use any other resources on the website in addition to this report. • Option 1: Estuary Project Paper

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