EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES

WEEK- 7 QUARTER- 2

VINCE ANDREI P. BALANDRA

HUMSS 11-A

ACTIVITY 1:
A. Give examples of biotic potential.
1. Freshwater Ecosystem
 Fish
 Amphibians
 Aquatic plants
  Algae
2. Marine Ecosystems
 Algae
 Bacteria
 Plant
 Coral
 Fish
 Sharks
 Jellyfish
 Planton
3. Terrestrial Ecosystem
 Fungi
 Mushroom
 Herbs
 Trees
 Soil Bacteria
 Shrubs

B. Explain the factors of environment resistance.

All of the things that prohibit a population of organisms from growing
indefinitely are known as environmental resistance factors. They make
it more difficult for creatures to reproduce, damage their health, and
increase the number of people who die each year. Factors that are both
biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) contribute to environmental
resilience (non-living). Predation, parasitism, a shortage of food,
competition with other species, and disease are all examples of biotic
factors. Drought, fire, temperature, and even the improper quantity of
sunlight are all abiotic variables. You can see how your boulder-
pushing would be hampered by all of these factors, both biotic and
abiotic.
C. Human population: population overshoot and collapse
ACTIVITY 2
A.
Given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available, an
environment's carrying capacity is the maximum population number of a
biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment.
Carrying capacity is a term used in population ecology to describe an
environment's maximum load, as opposed to population equilibrium,
which can be well below an environment's carrying capacity. A logistic
function can be used to quantify the effect of carrying capacity on
population dynamics. Many scientists think Earth has a maximum
carrying capacity of 9 billion to 10 billion people.
B.
It is referred to as an overshoot when the population surpasses the
environment's carrying capacity. When the reproductive lag time — the
period it takes for the birth rate to decline and the mortality rate
to increase in response to limiting resources — occurs, it might cause
the overshoot. Because there are limited resources and space, unless a
substantial number of people migrate to other locations with better
conditions, a population can collapse or die back. The available
resources are able to meet the needs of the population when the
population of organisms is below the carrying capacity.

ACTIVITY 3:
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. B