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10 Biology Sampling Worksheet: Answer All Questions

The document provides a biology worksheet for students that includes questions about sampling techniques used to study plant distribution across a coastal ecosystem, calculating species density and frequency from quadrat sampling results in a dune zone, explaining the presence of a succulent herb in the dune zone, and drawing a labeled diagram of how to extract organisms from collected soil samples using laboratory materials and apparatus. It also includes a question about using mark-recapture data to determine the size of a snail population.

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10 Biology Sampling Worksheet: Answer All Questions

The document provides a biology worksheet for students that includes questions about sampling techniques used to study plant distribution across a coastal ecosystem, calculating species density and frequency from quadrat sampling results in a dune zone, explaining the presence of a succulent herb in the dune zone, and drawing a labeled diagram of how to extract organisms from collected soil samples using laboratory materials and apparatus. It also includes a question about using mark-recapture data to determine the size of a snail population.

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10 Biology Sampling Worksheet

Name: ___________________________
Grade: ___________________________

Answer all questions.

1) The vegetation of a coastal ecosystem changes with distance from sea, coming
progressively denser with plant growing larger as indicated by the figure below

A biology class went on a field trip to study a coastal ecosystem similar to that represent above
in the diagram.

a) i) Name TWO sampling technique that students could use to get an idea of the
distribution of plant species across the ecosystem (2 marks)

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ii) Explain how students would use one of the techniques mentioned above (2
marks)

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iii) Identify one abiotic factor that could be responsible for the change in vegetation
across the ecosystem
(1 mark)
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b) A group of students in the class used a 1m2 quadrat to determine the species density and
species frequency of crab grass, turtle grass and seaside yam in the dune zone. Their
results are shown in the table below

Table 1: RESULTS FROM 10 QUADRATS

Species Number of organisms in each quadrat

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10

Crab grass 10 5 9 2 2 0 0 4 4 1

Turtle grass 0 4 6 8 2 11 5 0 0 0

Seaside yam 12 11 6 3 9 7 2 1 3 0

i) Calculate the species density and frequency of EACH SPECIES (show working)
(6 marks)

ii) Construct a bar graph to show species density of the three species (6 marks)
iii) Seaside yam is a succulent herb. Suggest ONE reason for its presence in the sand
dune zone

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__________________(1 mark)

c) The students also collect soil samples from the area. They take these samples back to the
laboratory where they have access to the apparatus and materials.

Draw an annotated diagram in the box below to show how the apparatus and materials could be
used to extract organisms from the soil the students collected.
(5 marks)
3) In order to determine snail populations, 340 snails were captured, tagged, and released. Later,
420 snails were captured. Of the 420 snails, 16 were already marked. What is the size of the snail
population?

(2 marks)

Total marks-25

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