Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
Amazon Rainforest Interactions
How do living things interact with each other and their environment?
How are you connected to species in the Amazon Rainforest?
Proficiency Level
4
Endangered/Threatened All the necessary
Species Background Info parts to receive a 3
3
Product includes most of the following:
 Facts and Information
are present.
 Habitat
o Level of rainforest
o Abiotic parts of its
environment
o Biotic parts of its environment
 Why is the species endangered?
 What are other threats to its habitat?
Interactions—Food Web Student shows deep Product includes all of the following:
understanding and
 At least 10 different species
Diagram
critical thinking with  Shows/explains how matter cycles in
regard to the
the ecosystem
movement of
 Shows/explains how energy flows
matter and energy
through the ecosystem
in the ecosystem.
 Producers identified and their role is
explained
 All consumers identified and their
role is explained
 Decomposers identified and their role
is explained
 What would be the effects on this
ecosystem if the species was gone?
All the necessary
Product includes all of the following:
Biodiversity and
parts
to
receive
a
3
 What is biodiversity?
Interdependence
are present.
 What is interdependence?
 How do you affect the species and its
Student show
environment?
higher level thinking  How do the species and its
with their
environment affect you?
connections with
the species.
Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
Endangered/Threatened Species Background Info
1) The species that I want to study is the ___________________________.
2) Learn more about this species:
 Fact #1:__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
 Fact #2:__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
 Fact #3:__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
 Resource Used:
o Title _______________________________
o Author/Name of Website______________________________
o Date Published ________________
3) Where does the species live? ____________________________________
4) Does it live in the emergent layer, canopy layer, understory layer, or forest
floor? _______________________________________________________
5) What are the abiotic parts of its environment? ________________________
______________________________________________________________
6) What are the biotic parts of its environment? ________________________
______________________________________________________________
7) Why is this species population decreasing? Are there other threats to its
environment?
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Interactions—Food Web Diagram
1) What organisms does the species you are studying eat? _________________
______________________________________________________________
2) What other organisms eat the species you are studying?________________
_____________________________________________________________
3) Look at the organisms that your species eats (answer to #1). What do these
organisms eat? What are they eaten by?
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4) Look at the organisms that eat your species (answer to #2). What else do
these organisms eat? What are they eaten by?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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5) What are the decomposers for this ecosystem? _______________________
_____________________________________________________________
6) Create your food web diagram. Make sure you show all the interactions, show
how matter and energy move through this ecosystem, and explain the role of your
producers, consumers, and decomposers.
7) What would happen if the species you studied went extinct? ______________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
Biodiversity and Interdependence
1) What is biodiversity? ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2) What is interdependence? _______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3) How might you affect the species you studied and the habitat it lives in? In a
positive way? In a negative way?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4) How might you need that species? Why might you need its habitat to stay
healthy?
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Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
Endangered or Threatened Species—Facts about animal
Habitat—what level of rainforest does it live in? Abiotic and biotic factors in it’s
habitat?
Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
Why is it endangered? Threats to the rainforest.
Food Web—At least 10 interactions shown. Producers, consumers (primary,
secondary, and tertiary), and decomposers identified.
How will the ecosystem be affected if this species goes extinct?
How are you connected to the species?
Question: Pick an endangered species from the Amazon Rainforest. Write a
question that relates to the goal for this project.
Research: Find out more about
Research:
1) The environmental issue I am interested in is ________________________.
2) Define the issue.
3) Where is it happening?
4) Why might this be occurring?
5) What affects is this having on the ecosystems in a certain area, or globally? In
other words……….how is this issue causing a disruption to the flow of energy or
cycling of matter within an ecosystem (or globally)?
Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
6) Are there any specific species that are threatened by this issue?
7) What are some possible solutions to this issue?
8) What will you do to make the public more aware of this issue? (Ideas—posters,
public presentations, little rubber bracelets with a catchy phrase, commercials,
magazine ad, etc.)
Product:
You need to create a formal (typed/neat/easy to follow) action plan to show what
is happening and what you think we should do to make the public more aware of it.
Your action plan should have the following sections (sort of like a lab write-up):

Title

Problem/Issue

Background Information (this is
the research you just did)

Solutions

Public Awareness Plan
Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Block ___________
NOW USE YOUR PUBLIC AWARENESS PLAN TO ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION!