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Chose an animal to
study. Use the internet,
your text book, field guides, or library resources to research the
organism. Complete the
following sheet as you do your research.
You and your partner will create a poster about the organism’s
habitat and niche using the information you have collected.
1. Name of Organism
(common and Latin)
2. What is its habitat (include geographic region as well as specific
info)?
3. What does it eat?
4. What eats it?
5. What is its
trophic level?
6. When is it active (diurnal (day)/nocturnal (night)?
7. Does it migrate,
hibernate, or go into a state or torpor to survive winter? Explain its
special adaptations.
8. Does it have a
mating season? If so, when?
9. How many offspring does it usually have at once?
10. Does it have any special behavioral adaptations for mating?
11. Is the organism monogamous (one mating partners) or polygamous (many
mating partners)?
12. Is it involved
in material cycling? How?
13. Draw (write) a food chain that includes this organism as well of at
least 3 other organisms.
List the resources used (name of book, web address) |
