Keystone Species Project
1. Slide 1 – Biomes and Their Keystone Species Project
a. Partner Names
b. Keystone Species
i. Common Name (1 pt.)
ii. Scientific Name (1 pt.)
c. Biome that they live in (1 pt.)
d. 2 pictures that are relevant to your animal or biome (2 pts.)
2. Slide 2- Taxonomy
a. 1 picture of animal (1 pt.)
e. Order (1 pt.)
b. Kingdom (1 pt.)
f. Family (1 pt.)
c. Phylum (1 pt.)
g. Genus (1 pt.)
d. Class (1 pt.)
h. species (1 pt.)
3. Slide 3- Species Life History
a. Approximate size…range from smallest to largest (1 pt.)
b. Primary Diet. What does it eat most of the time (1 pt.)
c. 3 factors that positively influence this species health (3 pts.)
d. 3 factors that negatively influence this species health (3 pts.)
4. Slide 4- Biome description
a. Annual rainfall(1 pt.)
b. Average temperature(1 pt.)
c. Average elevation(1 pt.)
d. Latitude (range) (1 pt.)
e. Longitude (range) (1 pt.)
f. Picture of the biome (1 pt.)
5. Slide 5 – Keystone Species?
a. Why is this animal a keystone species? (1 pt.)
b. How does this species influence this biome? (1 pt.)
c. 1 picture that relates (1 pt.)
6. Slide 6 – Negative effect
a. How does this species negatively impact 2 different species? (2 pt.)
b. 1 picture that relates (1 pt.)
7. Slide 7 – Positive effect
a. How does this species positively impact 2 different species? (2 pt.)
b. 1 picture that relates(1 pt.)
8. Slide 8- Status
a. Include the following
i. Current population map (visual or verbal) (1 pt.)
ii. Current population numbers (1 pt.)
iii. Is this species protected, threatened or endangered? (1 pt.)
b. Why would it be important for land manages to manage healthy populations of this animal? (5 pt.)
9. Bibliography – Include at least 3 books or exact URLs - without it you will get a ZERO
10. Neatness- 10 pts.
Total- 54 pts.