Ecology Assignment: Due Thursday, May 26th Instructions: You will present this information via power point,

video, poster, prezi, website, paper, or any format you wish. You must provide one sheet of paper for your references on where you got the information). PLEASE NOTE: I will be talking about this on Monday and Tuesday of next week This will be graded as a test grade, so please do a good job. 1. Your endangered species name (common name) and scientific name. 2. Which biome does it live in? a. Provide the exact location of the species if possible (countries) 3. Energy Flow a. What does this species eat? b. What is the predator of this species? c. What is the food web it is in? 4. Explain why this species is on the endangered species list (in detail). I would like information on the following: a. Is anything being done by the host country to help this species? b. Are any steps being taken to help this species (from a country or world)? c. How soon is it predicted that this species will go extinct? 5. What is the IUCN? (International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature) a. How does the IUCN help Endangered Species? b. Explain the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. c. What are the different levels of this list and what do they mean? 6. When we talk about biodiversity, we mean the diverse amount of species that exist on this planet. Check out wikipedias page on biodiversity at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity Take note of the first five paragraphs and the section under Evolution and Overpopulation. a. Do we have less biodiversity on this planet right now than before? b. What is global carrying capacity? Explain this in relation to the amount of humans and resources available on this planet. 7. The earth has seen five major extinctions. Scientist are suggesting we are in our Sixth Extinction called the Holocene extinction. Please explain why this is being suggested by some scientist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction 8. If your endangered species goes extinct, what will happen to the food chain and food web it is in? Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature On Biodiversity: http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/biodiversity/ http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/biodiversity/about/biodiversity/ http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/biodiversity/about/species_on_the_brink/