1. #55 Dormancy
A period when the life cycle of an organism is stopped or slows down if:
Food is scarce
Drought occurs
The weather is too hot/cold

2. Dormancy Group Assignment
Dormancy Group Assignment *Hibernation, Torpor, Estivation, and Seed/Plant Dormancy
With a your table, you will make a quick poster including the following information about your assigned form of dormancy:
When does this happen?
Why does this happen?
Describe what happens to the plant/animal when this occurs.
Give 3-5 examples of species that experience this form of dormancy.
3 pictures/visuals

3. Hibernation When/Why: Winter months, when its too cold
Description: reduced heartbeat, body temperature, and breathing rate; animal appears to be dead; occurs in small animals
Examples: box turtles, alpine marmots, hedgehogs, garter snakes

4. Torpor When/Why: Winter months, when its too cold
Description: reduced heartbeat and breathing rate, not as extreme as hibernation, animal will wake up periodically
Examples: hummingbirds, badgers, raccoons, skunks, bears

5. Estivation
When/Why: summer months, when its too hot or if there is a drought
Description: does not move, grow, or eat
Examples: snails, crabs, crocodiles, salamanders, mosquitos

6. Plant/Seed Dormancy When/Why: Winter months, when its too cold
Description: the plant life cycle is put on pause, does not grow during this time, seeds do not germinate
Examples: grasses, trees, shrubs

7. Animal Dormancy
Estivation (Lung Fish) CBcI
Frog
Black Bear