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In this population ecology activity, students graph changes in a mink population and analyze the graph to estimate the carrying capacity.
In this activity, students will:
- READ a brief background on a population of mink.
- GRAPH population data.
- ANSWER analysis questions that focus on carrying capacity.
Teacher Notes:
- INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
- Please note: this carrying capacity activity 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-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
