Ecology Lesson 4 WIP

What is the relationship between rain and food?

• No relationship

• Negative Relationship

• Positive Relationship

What term is a resource that lets something living grow if there is a lot of it or keeps it from growing if there is not a lot of it?

• Limiting factor
• Biotic factor
• Abiotic factor
• Ecological factor

What is an example of no relationship between variables?

• Height and weight of a person
• Temperature and ice cream sales
• Color of a car and its speed
• Number of hours studied and test scores

Why do wildebeest in the Serengeti National Park migrate to the southern plains during the rainy season?

• There are more water sources available

• The grass in the south is more nutritious

• They migrate to give birth in safer conditions

• They migrate to avoid predators in the north

What is a positive relationship between variables?

• When one variable increases, the other also increases
• When one variable increases, the other decreases
• Both variables remain constant
• There is no relationship between the variables

When do the Wildebeest migrate from the southern plains to the western plains?

• At the end of the dry season

• At the beginning of the dry season

• At the end of the wet season

• At the beginning of the wet season

Why do wildebeest in the Serengeti National Park migrate to the southern plains during the rainy season?

• There are more water sources available (Mara River)

• The grass in the south is more nutritious

• They migrate to give birth in safer conditions

• Predators are easier to see in the southern plains than in the northern plains

Which region does mating occur for the wildebeest in the SNP?

• South

• North

• West

• East

What type of relationship between wildebeest percentage occupancy and the total annual rainfall did you see in the SOUTH?

• Positive

• Negative

• No Relationship

What type of relationship between wildebeest percentage occupancy and the total annual rainfall did you see in the NORTH?

• Positive

• Negative

• No Relationship