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Quadrat Sampling

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Miss Murdock wants to estimate population size for crabs on Destin Beach. She uses 2 quadrats and counts 11 crabs in the first and 7 crabs in the second. What is the average # of crabs per quadrat?

a)

7

b)

11

c)

9

d)

18

2.

Miss Murdock wants to estimate population size for crabs on Destin Beach. She uses 2 quadrats and counts 11 crabs in the first and 7 crabs in the second. The quadrats are 2ft2. What information does she need to estimate the population size?

a)

How many quadrats there are

b)

How many crabs are in a third quadrat

c)

The area of a quadrat

d)

The area of the beach

3.

Miss Murdock wants to estimate population size for crabs on Destin Beach. She uses 2 quadrats and counts 11 crabs in the first and 7 crabs in the second. The quadrats are 2ft2. The area of the beach is 20ft2. What is the estimated population size of crabs?

a)

360

b)

90

c)

18

d)

9

4.

How do you calculate area?

a)

LengthxWidth

b)

LengthxDensity

c)

Length/Density

d)

Length + Density

5.

Which of the organisms would NOT be good to do quadrat sampling on?

a)

Bush Honeysuckle

b)

Rollie Pollies

c)

Beetles

d)

Wolves

6.

Ten 1m2 quadrats were placed in a 40m2 field. On average 2 snails were found in every quadrat. Estimate the population size of the whole field.

a)

2

b)

10

c)

40

d)

80

e)

20

7.

Which of the following is true about quadrats?

a)

quadrats should be use on organisms that don't move or move really slowly

b)

quadrats are square shaped

c)

the results are more reliable when you look at the results from many quadrats

d)

All the above are true

8.

These four 1m2 squared quadrats were place in a 9m2 garden. Estimate the total population of flowers in the whole garden.

a)

18

b)

17

c)

9

d)

21

e)

12