Postlab Questions-- Write out and answer the following questions
1. Identify the parking lot that was the most diverse. Based on your observations during the lab, explain why your prediction in question #1 of the prelab was supported or not supported. The students cars were the most diverse. 2. List the single most abundant species in each set of data, and write a plausible explanation to explain why these are the most abundant species. Chevys were the most abundant species in the student parking lot and Fords were the most abundant species in the staff parking lot. 3. Determine the maximum and minimum values for the Shannon Diversity Index in the parking lot you surveyed. Maximum value for the Shannon Diversity Index is 1.722 in the student parking lot and the minimum value for the Shannon Diversity Index is 1.284 in the staff parking lot. 4. If you conducted this lab in a shopping mall parking lot, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or low, and how it would compare to the school parking lots. If I conducted this lab in a shopping mall parking lot, I think the Shannon Diversity Index would be higher than the school parking lots because there are diverse types of cars and a larger number of cars. 5. If you conducted this lab at a new car dealership, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or low, and how it would compare to the school parking lots. If I conducted this lab at a new car dealership, I think the Shannon Diversity Index would be low compared to the school parking lots because there is a larger number of the same type of car.
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