Sampling Techniques

Sampling Techniques

11th Grade

29 Qs

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Sampling Techniques

Sampling Techniques

Assessment

Quiz

Science

11th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-1, HS-PS3-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Karl Shuey

Used 8+ times

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29 questions

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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 sampling
tag-release sampling
recapture-mark method

capture-mark-recapture

2.

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.

Transparency measurement
Clarity measurement
Turbidity measurement
Opacity measurement

3.

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.

Splash sampling
Boot scooping
River dredging
Kick sampling

4.

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.

Beating tray method
Leaf litter method

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.

Sweep netting
Scoop netting

Nothing but the bottom of the NET

Swing netting

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.

Trapdoor trap
Drop trap

Ground trap

Pitfall trap

7.

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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