You are working in an aquarium that has been breeding an endangered species of fish for return into the wild. You have a batch of progeny from the first generation of breeding. The staff are discussing whether to return those fish to an area that has been completely depleted, or add them to a partially depleted population. “Considering the Allee effect, what do you say?
You are working in an aquarium that has been breeding an endangered species of fish for return into the wild. You have a batch of progeny from the first generation of breeding. The staff are discussing whether to return those fish to an area that has been completely depleted, or add them to a partially depleted population. “Considering the Allee effect, what do you say?
Clarify question:
What is the key concept addressed by the question?
What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content:
What do you already know about the Allee effect? What other information is related to the question?
Choose Answer:
Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflection on Process:
Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
A. “They may survive better in a large school, and will have an easier time finding mates.”
Clarify question:
What is the key concept addressed by the question?
You are being asked to consider how the Allee effect would modify your thinking when it comes to introducing an endangered fish into the wild.
What type of thinking is required?
This is an analysis question, you will need to break the question down into its components in order to get to the answer. .
Gather Content:
What do you already know about the Allee effect? What other information is related to the question?
The Allee effect is a correlation between individual fitness and the population size. As the population size increases the individual fitness of each individual also increases. Living in a larger group provides more opportunities for finding mates and decreases and individual’s risk of predation.
Choose Answer:
Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
Considering the Allee effect, introducing the fish into an existing school would give them the best chance of surviving.
Reflection on Process:
Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
Were you able to select the correct answer? You needed to break down the answer choices and determine which one would give the young fish the best chance of surviving.
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