SNC 1D Name: ______
Due Date: Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Endangered Canadian Species Assignment: Summative Task Part 1
Part A: Learning the Jargon
1. Go to the Canadian Government website www.sararegistry.gc.ca. Use the information on the opening page of the website to answer the following question
a) "Species at risk" are divided into five different categories or classifications. Use the glossary of the webpage and other resources to fill in the table below for each category. [5 marks]
Category or Classification / Descriptionextinct
extirpated
endangered
threatened
Special concern
Part B: Extinct Species
1. Choose "advanced search" on the webpage. Go to risk category and click on "extinct species". Click on search.
a) How many Canadian species are now extinct? ______[1 mark]
Choose one of Canada's extinct species and click on it. Use the information that appears to answer the questions below. [2 marks]
b) What is the common name of the extinct species you have chosen? ______
c) What is the scientific name of the extinct species you have chosen?
______
d) Circle the taxonomic group your species belongs to: [1 mark]
mammal (terrestrial), mammal (aquatic), bird, freshwater fish, amphibian, reptile, plant, mollusk, other: ______
e) Write down 3 interesting facts about this extinct species. If the information is available, one of your facts should be a reason for why the species is extinct. [3 marks]
• ______
• ______
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f) What effect does extinction have on biodiversity (see p 106 in textbook)? Explain. [3 marks]
Part C: Endangered Species
1. Go back to risk category and unclick “extinct” and click on "endangered species". Click on search. Choose one of Ontario's endangered species from the list below. Check with your teacher (me) to be sure you are the only person in the class studying the organism you’ve chosen. Click on the name of the organism. Use the information that appears to answer the questions below.
a) Common Name of the endangered species: ______
[1 mark]
b) Scientific Name of the Endangered Species: ______
[1 mark]
c) Circle the taxonomic group your species belongs to:
mammal (terrestrial), mammal (aquatic), bird, freshwater fish, amphibian, reptile, plant, mollusk, other: ______[1 mark]
d) In what region of Ontario is your endangered species located and how has the territory changed over the years (use different colour crayons)
[3 marks]
e) Important Information About the endangered Species you chose:
Fill in the following table. [10 marks]
Diet
Predators
Interesting Facts (Choose at least 3 facts.) (Biology)
Why is this Species endangered? (Threats) / Abiotic Threats:
Biotic Threats:
What (if anything) is Being Done to Help? [List at least two things…]
(Protection, Summary of Recovery Activities)
Part D: Using the Information You Have Found
1. An example of a food web is shown below.
Instructions:
Make your own food web for the endangered species you have studied above. Your food web needs to include at least one scavenger and one detritivore. It must be based on what you have found out about your organism. It must make sense. [5 marks]
2. Use the food web you made to answer the following questions. [5 marks a-e]
a) Identify one producer in your food web. ______
b) Identify one secondary consumer in your food web. ______
c) Identify an organism in the second trophic level. ______
d) Identify a decomposer from your food web. ______
e) Identify the top carnivore from your food web. ______
f) Which organisms in your food web will have the most energy available to them? Explain. Write your answer in complete sentences. [2 marks]
g) If the endangered species you chose ends up going extinct, list at least 2 effects this might have on your food web. Write your answer in complete sentences.
[2 marks]
h) What is the role of the decomposer in your food web? Why are decomposers important? Write your answer in complete sentences. [2 marks]
i) List and describe 3 realistic things you can do to sustain Canada’s biodiversity.
[3 marks]
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