Research Worksheet
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Florida Plants & Animals Research Project Worksheet 1. What habitat does the animal/plant live in? (sand pine scrub, pine flatwoods, wet prairie, or freshwater cypress swamp) AND where does the animal/plant live in that habitat? (on the ground, in the trees, in the water, at the edge of the water?) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the animal/plant need to survive? What type of shelter and habitat requirements does it need? Where does it perch, hibernate or sleep? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Where and how does the animal/plant get its water? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the animal/plant eat? AND Who eats the animal/plant? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. How does the animal/plant influence its habitat? (What role does your animal/plant play in its habitat? Why is it important to the survival of its habitat?) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. How does human population growth impact your animal/plant? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Is the animal/plant threatened or endangered? What would happen to the animal’s/plant’s habitat if it became extinct? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Provide a description along with a drawing of your animal/plant that will assist in identifying it in its natural habitat. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ State what your source of evidence is: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
