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- Subject: Biology
- AS: AS90713
- Level: 3
- Credits: 4
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Biology 3.1 Carry out a practical investigation into an aspect of an organism's ecological niche with guidance
Subject content
You will carry out the investigation individually but your teacher will guide and support you. This means that your teacher may:
- decide the organisms for study
- make available equipment for the investigation
- provide you with resource suggestions
- if necessary, suggest possible new directions.
Before you begin the investigation, develop an understanding of the ecological niche of the organism you will study. This will help you in your selection of a relevant aspect of the ecological niche.
Some key words to understand are:
- biotic and abiotic factors. The primary data that you collect on the ecological niche of the organism may be biotic and/or abiotic factors. Your investigation may be about the interaction or relationship between at least two factors.
- qualitative and quantitative data.
- Supplementary material for level 3 biology is a resource found on TKI. For this standard, pages 14–20 will help.
