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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
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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.
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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?
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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?
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BIO 315 Week 1 Individual 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.
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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?
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BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP)
Define the terms fundamental niche and realized
niche. How does competition relate to George
Evelyn Hutchinsons concept of niches? How can
niche differentiation or complementary
experiments explain aspects of evolutionary
theory?
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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 predatorprey
populations?
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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.
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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.
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BIO 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Environment,
Resources, and Competition (UOP)
Resources Temperature and Precipitation,
Intraspecific Competition, and Interspecific
Competition located on your student
website Imagine 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.
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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.
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BIO 315 Week 2 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)
Complete the followingAfter 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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast
Culture Lab (UOP)
Resources University of Phoenix Materials Lab
Report 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.
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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?
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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?
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)
How does climate influence a biome? What are some
of the factors that determine an areas biome?
Why do ecologists study the transitional zones
between biomes?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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BIO 315 Week 5 Assignment Estuary Project Paper
(UOP)
Resource The San Francisco Estuary Project
websiteRead the Introduction to the San
Francisco Estuary Project Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan found on the San
Francisco Estuary Projects (SFEP) website at
http//sfep.abag.ca.govSelect the Publications
link on the left-hand side of the site.
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BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)
Case Study Review and DiscussionComplete the
followingRead 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.
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BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)
Case Study Review and DiscussionComplete the
followingRead 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.
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