Name:Corinne Cal

Date: July 18, 2016

Student Handout 1B:

Biodiversity Worksheet

Sample Area 1:
Order

Hymenop
tera
Orthopter
a

Odonata

Lepidopte
ra

Description

wasps,
ants and
bees)
grasshopp
ers,
katydids,
and
crickets
damselflie
s and
dragonflies
butterflies,
moths, and
skippers)
flies

Number
of
individu
als (n)
5

n/N

Pi

Pi2

lnPi

Pi ln Pi

5/63

0.079

0.0062

-2.538

-0.200

12/63

0.190

0.0361

-1.660

-0.315

8/63

0.126

0.015

-2.071

-0.260

9/63

0.142

0.020

-1.951

-0.277

17/63

0.269

0.072

-1.313

-0.353

12

17

Diptera
(beetles

6/63

0.095

0.009

-2.353

-0.021

true bugs

6/63

0.095

0.009

-2.353

-0.021

Coleopter
a

Hemipter
a

S=7; N=63
Pi sum=0.167
pilnpi sum=-1.447
H index=+1.447
D index=5.9

Name: Elvis Chi,Carlos Nah,Corinne Cal

Date: July 18, 2016

Student Handout 1B:

Biodiversity Worksheet

Sample Area 1:
Order

Description

Hymenop
tera

wasps,
ants and
bees)

Orthopter

grasshopp

Number
of
individu
als (n)
8

10

n/N

Pi

Pi2

lnPi

Pi ln Pi

8/55

0.145

0.021

-1.931

-0.279

10/55

0.181

0.003

-1.709

-0.309

Odonata

Lepidopte
ra

ers,
katydids,
and
crickets
damselflie
s and
dragonflies
butterflies,
moths, and
skippers)
flies

13

13/55

0.236

0.055

-1.443

-0.340

12

12/55

0.218

0.047

-1.523

-0.332

3/55

0.054

0.002

-2.918

-0.157

(beetles

4/55

0.072

0.005

-2.631

-0.189

true bugs

5/55

0.090

0.008

-2.407

-0.216

Diptera

Coleopter
a

Hemipter
a
7
55
0.144
-1.822
H=+1.822
D=6.9

Questions to answer:
1) How does the biodiversity of the two areas compare?

2) Was this what you expected? Why or why not?

3) Are there similarities in biodiversity between the two types of ecosystems?

4) Was this what you expected? Why or why not?