1. First, make a hypothesis about the diversity of spiders in the (Habitat A & B).

Without looking at the spider habitat sheet which habitat do you think will be more diverse in terms of spiders? Explain your reasoning. If there are more vegetation in Habitat A, then there will be more spiders inhabiting Habitat A than Habitat B. I think that because more vegetation means more insects, and when there are more insects then the spiders will get to eat more, which leads to more reproduction and diversity.

Species A

Species B

Species C

Species D

Habitat A Quadrat 1 Quadrat 2 Quadrat 3 Total Table One

Total # of Spiders 7 6 7 20

Which Species? Species a,b,c and d Species b, c and d Species a, b, c and d Species a, b, c and d

How many of each species A:1 B:2 C:2 D:2 A:0 B:1 C:2 D:3 A:1 B:1 C:3 D:2 A:2 B:4 C:7 D:7

Table Two Habitat B Quadrat 1 Quadrat 2 Quadrat 3 Total Total # of Spiders 4 1 6 11 Which Species? Species d and b Species c Species c and d Species b, c and d How many of each species A:0 A:0 A:0 A:0 B:1 B:0 B:0 B:1 C:0 D:3 C:1 D:0 C:4 D:2 C:5 D:5

2. How many species of spiders did you find in Habitat A: species a, b, c and d Habitat B: species b, c and d

3. What was the AVERAGE number of spiders you found per quadrat? Habitat A: 6.66 Habitat B: 3.66

4. Twelve quadrats can fit in this area. How many spiders do you estimate are found in the whole area? Habitat A: 24 Habitat B: 18

5. Look at the bottom sheet of paper with the spiders on it. How many spiders are there in

Habitat A: 22

Habitat B: 20

6. Was your estimate close to the actual number of spiders in the area? My estimate was not close to the actual number of spiders in the area, but also pretty far. 7. Why might there be a difference between your sample estimate and the actual number? There might be a difference between my sample estimate and the actual number because I multiplied the average number of spiders I found per quadrat by 4, with hopes of it being close to the actual number of spiders.

What is the number of each species? What is the PROPORTION of each of the spider in your habitats? (see tables 1&2) species in your habitats? Table 3 Species A Species B Species C Species D Total Habitat A 2 4 7 7 20 Habitat B 0 1 5 5 11 Table 4 Species A Species B Species C Species D Total Habitat A 0.1 0.2 0.35 0.35 100% Habitat B 0 0.09 0.45 0.45 100%

8. Based on the proportions you just calculated (table 4), do you think the species are evenly distributed within the habitats? Habitat A: yes Habitat B: no

9. Is this what you think it would be like in nature? Why? I think it would be like this in nature because there will be times when one population is more than another and habitats diversity will always varies depending on the resources available in that habitat. 10. Was your original hypothesis supported by the data you collected today? Why or why not? My hypothesis was supported by the data I collected today because Habitat A did had more in population and diversity than Habitat B. Habitat A had all four types of spiders, while Habitat B only had three types of spiders inhabiting it, but there was only one from species B, the rest are species C and D. Species C and D population were more than species A and B in both Habitats. 11. What did you learn about doing a biodiversity quadrat study? By doing a biodiversity quadrat study, I was able to learn more about the diversity of species in nature. This study showed me that the number of each species within an ecosystem is always going to be different depending on the environment they are in. Habitat A had more vegetation meaning that the spiders

will have more insects to eat, while in Habitat B, there was not many vegetation; therefore the spiders did not had enough resources to produce more babies.