BIO 315 Entire Course Ecology and Evolution (Phoenix)

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BIO 315 Week 1 DQ1.doc
BIO 315 Week 1 DQ2.doc
BIO 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Beren Robinson Field Study Paper.doc
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ1.doc
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ2.doc
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ3.doc
BIO 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Environment Resources and Competition.ppt
BIO 315 Week 2 Week Two Learning Team Exercises.doc
BIO 315 Week 3 DQ1.doc
BIO 315 Week 3 DQ2.doc
BIO 315 Week 3 DQ3.doc
BIO 315 Week 3 DQ4.doc
BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast Culture Lab.doc
BIO 315 Week 3 Learning Team Exercises.doc
BIO 315 Week 4 DQ1.doc
BIO 315 Week 4 DQ2.doc
BIO 315 Week 4 DQ3.doc
BIO 315 Week 4 DQ4.doc
BIO 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Ecosystem WebQuest and Presentation.ppt
BIO 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment Estuary Project Paper.doc
BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises.doc

BIO 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Beren Robinson Field Study Paper

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Resources: Field Study by Beren Robinson in Ch. 5 ofElements of Ecology

Write 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 study

Discuss 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.

·What role do they play in ecology?

·What role do they play specifically in the case study chosen?

Propose a follow-up study based on the case study. Briefly address the following questions:

·What variables would you alter?

·What additional findings might you expect to discover on aspects of evolution or natural selection in your proposed study?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

BIO 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Environment, Resources, and Competition

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Resources: University of Phoenix Materials: 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.

Environment, Resources, and CompetitionPresentation:

Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentationthat answers the following questions:

·What are the major characteristics of the environment of the chosen ecosystem?

·How do these characteristics affect the animals, plants, and their resources living in the environment?

·Review the temperature and precipitation data. From the data, what can you determine about the role of precipitation and temperature in biomes?

·Review the Intraspecific Competition data. How is the predator community affected by low numbers of prey? How do high numbers of predators affect the prey community? What are some possible effects on other species?

·Review the Interspecific Competition data, what behavioral data might be inferred from this graph? What factors might be responsible for the success of the older mothers’ offspring? Propose a scenario that might explain the data recorded. How might interspecific competition affect the reproductive success?

·What implications can you infer from the three graphs about the relationship between plants and animals?

For Online students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with notes.

BIO 315 Week 2 Week Two Learning Team Exercises

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Comparison of Biological Scale

·Complete the following:

oAfter 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.

oExamine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each team member and to society in general.

·Post your team’s outline from this exercise via theAssignments link. Briefly describe how this activity applied to the weekly concepts.

Post a 150- to 200- word summary from your team’s examination and discussion of the weekly concepts exercise via the Assignments link.

BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast Culture Lab

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Resources: University of Phoenix Materials:Lab Report Outline, Yeast Lab Worksheet, and Yeast Lab Spreadsheet located on your student website

Review 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 and analyze the graphs.

Write a lab report of 1,050- to 1,400-words following the Lab Report Outline provided on your student website. Address all points listed in the outline.

Format your lab report consistent with APA guidelines

BIO 315 Week 3 Learning Team Exercises

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Ecosystem Stability

·Complete the following:

oIdentify 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?

oExamine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each team member and to society in general.

Post your team’s responses from this exercise in a 150- to 200-word summary via the Assignments link. Briefly describe how this activity applied to the weekly concepts.

BIO 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Ecosystem WebQuest and Presentation

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Resource: Ecosystem WebQuest located on your student website

Select an ecosystem to examine. Obtain faculty approval for your ecosystem.

Navigate the Ecosystem WebQuest and answer the questions located within it.

Prepare a9- 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.

·For Online students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with notes.

BIO 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment Estuary Project Paper

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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

·Selectthe Publications link on the left-hand side of the site.

·Selectthe Complete CCMP link under the heading Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) revised 2007.

Choose one of the following topics to examine more closely.

·Wetlands Management

·Water Use

·Pollution Prevention and Reduction

·Dredging and Waterway Modification

·Land Use Management

Estuary Project Paper

Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper on the restoration of the San Francisco Estuary in terms of one of the above aspects. Discuss the abiotic and biotic characteristics of the San Francisco Estuary. Answer the following questions:

·How has population growth in the San Francisco Bay area affected the estuary?

·How has the habitat fracture in the San Francisco Estuary been increased by human behavior?

·How is conservation being used to promote and maintain the biodiversity of plants and animals in the San Francisco Estuary?

·Assess the progress made in conserving the biodiversity of the San Francisco Estuary.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.