Guide 8A Habitat
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Quiz, Media, & Portfolio Directions
Review Habitat Contents
Habitat Objectives
Human Population
Describe trends in the global human population, including life expectancy, infant mortality, fertility rate, overall growth, and regional differences; explain how we (humans) have raised our carrying capacity and how this relates to current birth rates, death rates, and overall population growth; and match different forms of data visualization with the information that is being conveyed.
Human Ecology
Map the distribution of humans on earth; describe how humans can change environments over time using historical examples; and provide examples of human interactions with other species, including parasites and organisms used for food.
Land Use
Describe how humans primarily utilize land and various issues associated with land use; explain which resources are critical to agriculture; and provide examples of efforts to balance multiple land stakeholders with wildlife requirements.
Soils
List the three basic components of topsoil; describe the composition and characteristics of different soil types; and provide examples of organisms commonly found in soil food webs.
Habitat Quiz
Quiz Directions
Complete all four sections and take the quiz on Canvas.
Use the learning objectives above to guide your studying.
Habitat Media
Introduced in Human Population section of this guide:
Data Visualization
For this media assignment, you are producing a data visualization. This could be your quadrat data, data you already have collected in the past, or new data you collect for this assignment. The data needs to be related to some type of natural phenomenon. For example, you could use weather data, the number of hours an animal is active, calories in a daily diet, the size of populations in different areas, etc.
Your data visualization needs to:
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be in a figure format that you feel accurately represents the data. This could be a line chart, bar chart, scatterplot, pie chart, histogram, cartogram (map), or something less conventional.
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clearly present the data with a title, labels, and/or key as needed.
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have an engaging design that captures attention. This could be color, patterns, texture, 3D modeling, a witty shape, or whatever you create.
Media Directions
To be completed after taking the quiz on Canvas.
Once you have completed your data visualization, upload the media piece to Canvas. Your data visualization can be submitted as a PDF, a word document, a photo of the notes, or even a video. Multiple assignment formats are supported.
Portfolio
Portfolio Directions
This guide’s data visualization media piece may be a good fit into your final portfolio. If so, add it to the portfolio now to be closer to completion.
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