Name:___________________________
Assigned: Friday, April 17
Due: Monday, April 27
Test: Monday, April 27
Focus Sheet
Survey of Ecology & Organisms
200 Points
1. Vocabulary Skills: Complete One Option
_____ A. A fill-in the blank or multiple choice test, with an answer sheet.
_____ B. A crossword puzzle, with an answer key.
_____ C. Words and definitions.
25 points
The Vocabulary: Ecology, Biotic factor, Abiotic factor, ecosystem, niche, trophic level,
archaebacterial, protest, eubacteria, protozoan, algae, angiosperm, vertebrate,
endoskeleton, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, exoskeleton, mammals, birds, amphibians,
biosphere, monocot, dicot, gymnosperm
2. Concept Skills: Complete BOTH A and B
55 points
_____ A. 25 points - Design an artistic and informative cover page on unlined paper that
indicates the chapters you are on, your name, and your class period. Your name and the
chapter should take up no more than one third of the page. The cover page should serve as a way to
arm yourself with extra information on the assessment.
_____B. 30 points
Answer the following questions from the book:
Page 424 #22 and 39, pg. 425 #2,3,4,5 and 6, pg. 451 #10, 14, and 15
3. Enrichment – Trading Cards
120 points
Create a set of trading cards (like baseball or Pokemon cards). You will create twelve
total, six over ecology and six over organisms. Use index cards.
I. The Ecology Cards
Producers, consumers, herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, decomposers
The Ecology cards should include:
FRONT
1. The title of the card (front)
2. The definition of the title
3. Illustrations of two organisms that fall under that category (front)
BACK
For one of the two example organisms you illustrated on the front,
describe the ecosystem it inhabits, and draw a small food chain.
The food chain should include the example organism plus two others.
Name:___________________________
Assigned: Friday, April 17
Due: Monday, April 27
Test: Monday, April 27
II. The Organism Cards (The Six Kingdoms)
Archaea, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, animals
The Organism cards should include:
FRONT
1. The title of the card (the kingdom name)
2. For every kingdom BUT archaea, labeled illustrations of three
examples of that kingdom. For archaea, one illustration is fine.
BACK (THE FACTS)
1. Which of the three domains does the kingdom fall under? Is the
kingdom made up of prokaryotes or eukaryotes?
2. Are the organisms in the kingdom single-celled, multicellular, or can
they be both?
3. Size of organisms in the kingdom
4. How do they reproduce?
5. How do they move & respond to the environment?
6. Is the kingdom divided further? Give examples.
CRITERIA FOR EACH CARD (Each card is worth 10 points)
Illustrations are drawn by hand (tracing is okay).
Organism(s) illustrated on card front are correctly assigned.
Card is colorful, creative, and tidy.
Back contains all the required information
1 point
2 points
3 points
4 points
Total: 10 points