INTRODUCTION-1

TITLE PAGE

General information

HABITAT-2

• What is this organism’s habitat?

• Where is it located geographically?

• In what “Biome” can this habitat be found?

• What type of climate is this habitat located in?

• Does this climate change during the year or is it always steady?

ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT-3

How has this organism adapted to live in it’s environment ? Give 3 examples.

Evolution & Natural Selection-4

• What role has evolution or natural selection played in this adaptation?

FOOD CHAIN-5

• Where is this organism in the food chain in it’s ecosystem?

• Is it a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

FOOD WEB-6

• Create a food-web of this organism’s relationship to other organisms in the web.

• Where does this organism get it’s energy from to survive?

• What other organisms use this one as a source for

energy?

POPULATION-7

• What population does this organism belong to?

• What is the “population density” of this organism in it’s habitat?

• What is the “growth rate” of this population in it’s habitat?

• What is the “carrying capacity” of the habitat this population is found in?

• What factors affect the density of this organism’s population?

COMMUNITY-8

• What other “populations” of organisms can be found in this community?

• What relationship does this “population” have to other “populations” in the ecosystem?

• Give 3 examples of how this organism interacts with other organisms in it’s “community”.

• Can you locate examples of symbiotic relationships such as parasitism or mutualism?

NICHE-9

• What “niche” does this organism have in it’s own ecosystem?

• What important role does it play?

BALANCE-10

• Discuss your organisms role in keeping it’s ecosystem in balance?

• What happens if this organism disappears in the ecosystem?

• What happens if this organisms population density increases too much in it’s ecosystem?

• What affect has man had on this organism’s balance in it’s ecosystem?

SUMMARY- 11

• Summarize and conclude your report here• Habitat• Organism’s population, community, ecosystem, biome• Organism’s role in it’s food-web: producer, consumer,

decomposer• Adaptations to environment, evolution and natural

selection• Niche in ecosystem• Role in keeping system in balance