1. INTRODUCTION-1 TITLE PAGE General information

2. 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?

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

4. Evolution & Natural Selection-4 What role has evolution or natural selection played in this adaptation?

5. FOOD CHAIN-5 Where is this organism in the food chain in it’s ecosystem? Is it a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

6. 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 ?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. NICHE-9 What “niche” does this organism have in it’s own ecosystem? What important role does it play?

10. 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?

11. 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