Lab 10 PostQ Answers

Population Lab
Fall 2012 Section 49, 50, 51, 52, 53

1. The population of Age class 0-1 in the next generation T1 will be (see Leslie Matrix)

A B C D E

9 10 18 24 30

Age Population Class T0 0-1 10 2-3 20 4-5 30 6-7 20 8-9 10 10-11 5

Age 0-1 Class 0-1 0 2-3 0.9 4-5 0 6-7 0 8-9 0 10-11 0

2-3
0 0 0.5 0 0 0

4-5 6-7 8-9 10-11

0.4 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0.1

Question 10-86 Time: 1 Minute A-E: Multiple choice

2. How much stock would you need make a 1:20 dilution at a final volume of 200 ml? A. B. C. D. E. 2.0 ml 5 ml 10.0 ml 20.0 ml 50.0 ml

Question 10-87 Time: 1 Minute A-E: Multiple choice

3. How many cells/ml are present in a 1:2 dilution of an E. coli culture at OD600 1.0 if an OD600 1.0 corresponds to approximately 1.0 x 108 E. coli cells/ml?
A B C D E 0.5 x 106 2.0 x 106 5.0 x 107 4.0 x 106 0.5 x 107

Question 10-88 Time: 1 Minute

4. The following data are taken from the RAMAS program using the Philippines POP file of 1975. The time steps are every 10 years. Based on the data shown, how many female offspring will be produced by A. 7,427,557 x 0.9448 age class 20-30 in B. 7,427,557 x 1.32 one time step?

Age Class

Initial Abundance

0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60+

13,540,356 10,580,031 7,427,557 5,017,072 3,437,003 2,233,069 1,299,947

C. 5,017,072 x 0.9448 D.5,017,072 x 0.98 E. 3,437,003 x 0.98

Time: 1.5 minutes 10-89

5. On average, 100 prairie dogs have 25 pups per month. Assuming no deaths or immigration what is the doubling time for this population? (i.e. how long will it take for the population to double)?
A B C D E 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months not enough information
Question 10-90 Time: 1 Minute