Populations Graphs Worksheet

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In this ecological populations worksheet, students analyze 9 simple populations graphs to get more familiar with understanding changes in populations and reading simple graphs.

Students will practice the following skills:

• How to INTERPRET basic population graphs
• ESTIMATE carrying capacity by looking at a population graph
• ANALYZE how limiting factors affect populations

This activity is designed as an introductory-level activity for population graphs. It does not require students to generate any graphs, only analyze them.

Teacher Notes:

• INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
• A link to access the Google Slides version of this activity is included in the downloadable PDF.
• Please note: this worksheet is not editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• NGSS MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
• NGSS MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
• NGSS MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.