Topic: Population growth Week # 9 List:

Subject: Science Level: Secondary Grade: 8-___

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1. Here are two food chains. Phytoplankton are microscopic plants that float in the water.
Zooplankton are microscopic floating animals.

2. Use the food web and answer these questions:

 Suggest how a decrease in the population of squid and fish could affect the population
of leopard seals. Explain your answer
 Suggest how a decrease in the population of squid and fish could affect the population
of krill. Explain your answer
 Food supply, predators and disease affect the sizes of animal populations. Make a list
of four factor that you think might affect the size of a plant population.