Park Popdense Park Popdense has over 520 acres of forest, grasslands, and a 30 acre lake. Each acre contains a mixture of grasses, and a wide array of insects including: 500 worms per acre 250 flies per acre 50 mosquitoes per acre in the grasslands and forest 100 mosquitoes per acre in the land around the lake Park Hours 9:50 – 3:30

Class # ___: Biodiversity Inventory Do an inventory of the park. Color animals as you count. Use Inventory Key By quadrant – NW, NE, SW, SE In Lab Journal, set up data table Data TableGraphic # 1: NW Temperate Deciduous Forest OrganismNumberRole (P, C1, C2, C3) worms100/ acre grass1000/acre flies100/acre

Inventory Key Evergreens = dark green Deciduous tree = light green Flowers = yellow Bushes = pink Mushrooms = blue Deer = tan Mouse = brown Snake = black Squirrel = red Wolf = grey Rabbits = white Turtle = green dots Beaver = brown cross hatch Raccoon = brown stripes Little fish = purple Big fish = light blue Crawfish = dark red

Class ___: Webs and Pyramids Fold blank white sheet into 4 sections Create a food web for each quadrant. On the opposite side, create an energy pyramid: Producers Herbivore Consumers Carnivore Consumers Omnivore Consumers

Questions – show evidence 1. Which has a higher population density in the whole park, deer or mice? *4 column 2. Which quadrant has the highest population density of evergreens? *4 column 3. Which quadrant is the most biologically diverse? Why? 4. Essay: If the wolf migrated from the NE to the NW what would happen to the overall habitat in both quadrants? Why?