Introuuctlon: In this exercise, you are gomg to examine organisms found In two different ecosystems. (1) An area around your home {e.g. your backyardeorm} and (2) An area on the VSU campus. The purpose of this exercise is to examine the different types of organisms found within that ecosystem. The diversity of species present in an ecosystem can be used as one gauge of the health of an ecosystem. Species richness is a measure of the number of different species present in an ecosystem, while species evenness measures the relative abundance of the various populations present in an ecosystem