First Quarter

Living Things and Their Environment BEWARE AND BE AWARE!

Objective/s: Use the mathematical way of solving the population density in a given area.

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Score: __________________________________

Grade/Section: ____________________________________________________ Teacher: __________________________________
I. Materials:
A. Pencil
B. Ruler

II. Procedures:
A. Study the three patterns of population distributions in the
given illustration below.
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠
B. Using the formula, 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 =
𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
calculate the density of each population.
C. Count the total number of each population. Record it in the
table below.
D. Calculate the density of each population. Record it in the
table.
E. Answer the guide questions.

Population name Number of organisms Population density

Guide questions:

1. What can you say about the patterns of distribution in each population?
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2. Which of the following population has the least and greatest population density respectively?
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3. What causes these three populations to have varying population densities?

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4. What conditions could change the density of any of the population?

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5. How a population’s density can be used to learn about the needs and characteristics of that population?
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6. How are limiting factors related to population density?

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