ECOLOGY. WORKSHEET

ECOLOGY. WORKSHEET

General rules:

• All the group must take photos and take notes of the different topics.
• All the group must take samples of the  described species of plants (Leaves).
• All the group members cooperate and have the same information at the end of the activity.
• The best group is the one with more examples and the best description of the examples given.

1. ABIOTIC FACTORS.

1. Choose 4 plants and describe the abiotic factors that are affecting their lives. You must: take a sample of the chosen living thing, classify it take photos of the place where you have found them, describe some factors such as temperature, light conditions, humidity.
2. Take soil samples to be analyzed in the laboratory.

2. BIOTIC FACTORS.

1. Intraspecific relationships. Find as many examples as you can of the next intraspecific relationships:

1. Competition.
2. Family generally taking care of their offspring..
3. Herds. Living things of the same specie living together to protect themselves or to help each other with other purposes (social colonies)
4. Colonies.

2. Interspecific relationships.Find as many examples as you can of the next interspecific relationships:

1. Competition. Living things of different species trying to get the same resource (food, light, territory…)
2. Predation.
3. Parasitism. Organisms that benefit from others that are seriously harmed.
4. Commensalism. Living things eating the leftovers of other organisms.
5. Inquilinism. One individual provides housing for another one of a different specie.

3. Adaptations. Find as many examples as you can of the next adaptations: