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Grade 10 Ecology & populations worksheet in three levels

The same 20-question worksheet on ecology & populations in Support, Core and Challenge versions. Question by question, each version keeps the topic and changes the difficulty.

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Compare the three levels

Support

Easier questions on the same topics, for students who need more practice with the basics.

Questions
20 (20 medium)
Grade range
Grades 7 to 12
Topics
Ecology & populations

Sample questions

  1. A supplied food-web model transfers 14% of 219 kJ to the next level. Find transferred energy. The stated efficiency is not a universal ecological constant. Round to 3 decimal places if needed. Answer in kJ.
  2. A fictional population starts at 747. During one interval: 67 births, 17 arrivals, 24 deaths and 2 departures. Find the final count. Round to 3 decimal places if needed.
  3. A supplied survey counts 75 plants in 7 non-overlapping quadrats, each 2 m². Find the mean density in the sampled area. Round to 3 decimal places if needed. Answer in plants/m².

Core

Questions at the expected level for the grade.

Questions
20 (20 medium)
Grade range
Grades 7 to 12
Topics
Ecology & populations

Sample questions

  1. A supplied food-web model transfers 18% of 464 kJ to the next level. Find transferred energy. The stated efficiency is not a universal ecological constant. Round to 3 decimal places if needed. Answer in kJ.
  2. A fictional population starts at 286. During one interval: 77 births, 34 arrivals, 48 deaths and 18 departures. Find the final count. Round to 3 decimal places if needed.
  3. A fictional population starts at 160. During one interval: 40 births, 32 arrivals, 20 deaths and 27 departures. Find the final count. Round to 3 decimal places if needed.

Challenge

Harder questions on the same topics, for students who are ready to stretch.

Questions
20 (20 challenge)
Grade range
Grades 9 to 12
Topics
Ecology & populations

Sample questions

  1. A model starts with 100 organisms, has 20 births, 5 immigrants, 10 deaths and 3 emigrants. Find the final population.
  2. Supplied fictional records give M = 78 initially marked, C = 36 in a later sample, and R = 17 marked in that sample. Use N ≈ MC/R under the stated assumptions. No animals are to be handled. Round to 3 decimal places if needed.
  3. Supplied fictional records give M = 41 initially marked, C = 33 in a later sample, and R = 14 marked in that sample. Use N ≈ MC/R under the stated assumptions. No animals are to be handled. Round to 3 decimal places if needed.

Using the three versions

  • Start everyone with the same short explanation, then hand out Support, Core or Challenge.
  • Question numbers line up across the versions, so you can go through the answers with the whole class.
  • The PDF has a cover page and each version on its own pages; the answer keys PDF has all three keys.

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