
Sampling Techniques

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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
This sampling method is used to estimate the size of a population where it is not practical to catch all the individuals within it. This is a live trap technique where the individuals are trapped and then marked harmlessly. The area is then sampled later and those species have been caught before are easily identified.
capture-mark-recapture
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
This technique is used to measure the amount of suspended sediments in water. It is used to see how much light is passing through the water which affects photosynthesis.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
This sampling technique is widely used to sample inverterbrates living on the bed of a river or stream. It requires a net and rubber boots.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
A frame with a cloth stretched across it is held under a tree or shrub and then the foilage is shook. The insects that fall on the cloth are then counted and catalogued.
Shaking and Collect method
Shake-It-Off
Shake-It-Off
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
This sampling technique uses a net on a pole that collects inscts and inverterbrates from long grass. The net is moved in a figure 8 or swung in a pendulum motion.
Nothing but the bottom of the NET
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
Used to collect active ground insects. A cup or beaker is buried so the lip is level to the ground. The insects fall in.
Ground trap
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
A pin is dropped through a hole in a frame. The plant that the pin hits is identified and counted. If a plant is large enough to be hit by two or three pins it is counted once. If there are two plants of the same species hit by different pins, it counts as two.
Point Quadrat
Pin Quadrat
Pin Drop Method
T-Frame Quadrat
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