Populations
What is carrying capacity?
The limit of a population that an environment can support.
What % passes from the producers to the 1st order consumers?
10 ish
What does Simpsons Index Measure?
the % chance that two species sampled from an environment will be the same.
What colour is my phone case?
Blue
What is an S curve?
A logistic growth
What is the formula for energy transfer efficiency?
Energy at current level/ energy at lower level * 100
What does Simpson's Diversity Index measure?
The % chance 2 species sampled from an environment are different species.
What is the name of my pet bird
Tingle!
What is a J curve
an exponential growth
What is biomass?
the amount of dryweight of organic material, roughly equated with energy.
What are factors that influence biodiversity?
amount of energy, habitat
How old am I?
21 (+14...)
What are some factors that could lead to a reduction in carrying capacity?
Predator, disease, lack of food, natural disaster etc
Where does 90% of the energy go in a transfer?
Heat, waste, decomposition.
What does Specht's classification measure?
Foliage cover and vegetation height, to classify a terrestrial environment.
What are my teaching areas?
Bio, Psych, Ancient, Modern and Geography
What is the wobble at the top of the curve called?
Stabilisation
How efficient is the transfer of energy from the sun to the producers?
less than 2%
Community A has 55 noisy miners, 2 lorikeets and 4 crows
Community B has 10 noisy miners, 30 Lorikeets and 17 crows
Which is more Biodiverse?
Even without using the equation, you can see B has more even spread and so will have a higher SDI.
What is my favourite Christmas movie?
Die Hard.