Name ________________________________ Date _____________

Research Organizer

Biodiversity: Past and Present

For each biome:

1. Describe the climate and location.

2. Give two examples of plants and animals that inhabitant the biome.

3. Classify each plant or animal as a producer, consumer, decomposer, scavenger, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, or parasite. Some organisms will have more than one classification.

4. Classify each animal as endangered or not threatened. If endangered, describe environmental issues that have placed this animal at risk.

5. Identify the special adaptations that allow the plants and animals to live in the biome.

Tundra:

Climate___________________________________ Location ________________________________

Plant (1) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Plant (2) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Animal (1) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Animal (2) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Desert:

Climate___________________________________ Location ________________________________

Plant (1) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Plant (2) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Animal (1) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Animal (2) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Grassland:

Climate___________________________________ Location ________________________________

Plant (1) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Plant (2) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Animal (1) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Animal (2) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Tropical Rainforest:

Climate___________________________________ Location ________________________________

Plant (1) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Plant (2) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Animal (1) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Animal (2) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Coniferous Forest (Tiaga):

Climate___________________________________ Location ________________________________

Plant (1) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Plant (2) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Animal (1) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Animal (2) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Deciduous Forest

Climate___________________________________ Location ________________________________

Plant (1) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Plant (2) _______________________ Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Animal (1) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Animal (2) ______________________Feeding pattern/ or relationship ________________________________

Adaptations ________________________________________________________________________

Circle one: Endangered / Not Threatened Environmental issues _____________________________

Fossils

Name five different types of fossils:

1. __________________________ 2. _______________________________

3. ___________________________ 4. _______________________________

5.___________________________

Describe three ways an organism might become a fossil.

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

Explain at least two theories concerning the extinction of dinosaurs.

1. __________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________________________

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As you begin this portion of the research, you will focus on the one particular biome about which you and your partner will create the board game.

My partner is ______________________________. My biome is __________________________.

Write 20 questions and answers that will be used in your board game. You may refer to the questions listed in the “Biome Key”. Make sure your answers are accurate.

1. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

2. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

3. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

4. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A)__________________________________________________________________________

5. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

6. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

7. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A)__________________________________________________________________________

8. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A)__________________________________________________________________________

9. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

10. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

11. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

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(A)__________________________________________________________________________

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(A)__________________________________________________________________________

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(A)__________________________________________________________________________

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(A) __________________________________________________________________________

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(A) __________________________________________________________________________

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(A) __________________________________________________________________________

18. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A) __________________________________________________________________________

19. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A)__________________________________________________________________________

20. (Q) __________________________________________________________________________

(A)__________________________________________________________________________

Create a simple food web for your ecosystem. Be sure to include producers and consumers. You may use words instead of pictures. Remember that energy flows (arrows are drawn) from the organism that is eaten to the organism that is doing the eating. Example: mouseàowl