Field investigations (AQA GCSE Biology): Flashcards

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What do field investigations study?

How living things interact with their surroundings in real habitats

Name the two main tools for field investigations

Quadrats and transects

What are quadrats?

Square frames for counting organisms in a set area

What are transects?

Lines or strips used to study organism changes across an area

Why use random sampling in field investigations?

To get fair and unbiased results

Standard quadrat size in field investigations

25cm×25cm25\text{cm} \times 25\text{cm}

Area of a 0.25m×0.25m0.25\text{m} \times 0.25\text{m} quadrat

0.0625m20.0625\text{m}^2

Minimum number of random quadrat locations needed

At least 10

Why count plants not flowers?

Gives the true number of individual organisms

Effect of light intensity on dandelion distribution

Dandelion numbers increase as light intensity increases

Light is a limiting factor for

Plant growth

How to improve reliability in field investigations

Replication and sharing data with other groups

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