Ecology Biome Project
Name:________________________
Due Date: ________________________
Must Include:
_____ 10pts: 10 Organisms (you may have more than 10 organisms)
-Must contain producers, consumers, a decomposer, a scavenger, and a detritivore
-Picture must be included for each (either drawn or computer generated)
-Each trophic level must be correctly labeled as producer, primary consumer, etc.
_____ 20pts: Food web with 3 distinct food chains
- Each food chain includes a minimum 3 trophic levels
- Food web includes a minimum of 2 producers
- Food web includes all organisms listed above WITH labels for trophic level
- Food web includes correctly drawn arrows
_____ 10pts: Choose one of the food chains in your food web and draw its energy pyramid
- Label the trophic levels as producer, primary consumer, decomposer, etc.
- Represent the amount of energy transferred between each trophic level
_____ 20pts: Identify and explain the following relationships in your biome:
-Commensalism; mutualism; parasitism; predator-prey; competition
_____ 10pts: Explain the effects of a toxic pollutant entering your biome.
-Which organisms will be affected the most?
_____ 10pts: What would decrease the carrying capacity of one of your organisms in your biome?
-List and explain 3 examples.
_____ 10pts: Explain a natural or human disturbance in your biome.
-Identify the type of succession that would take place following.
-Describe the effect the disturbance would have on the biodiversity within that biome.
_____ 10pts: Neatness/ Clarity/ Creativity
_____ 100 TOTAL POINTS
There are three ways to prepare your Biome Project. You may choose to do a poster board, a Scrapbook
or a Biome Suitcase. All three choices must include all of the above listed items. On the back of this
paper there are specific instructions on where to place your information in each of the choices.
Choice One - Biome Poster:
Front of poster:
You will give an illustrated representation of your biome which includes all 10 organisms
with the trophic levels labeled accordingly and pictures of each as well as the food web that
includes 3 food chains.
Back of Poster:
You will include the energy pyramid, the 5 relationship examples with their
explanations, the explanations of: toxic pollutant, carry capacity, and
the human or natural disaster to your biome.
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Choice Two - Biome Scrapbook:
1 pg: Cover page that gives your name, class period and title of project
1pg: The food web with all 10 organisms, pictures of each, and the trophic levels labeled.
1pg: Energy pyramid
1pg: Five relationship examples with explanations
1pg: Toxic pollutant
1pg: Carrying capacity
1pg: Natural or human disturbance.
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Choice Three - Biome Suitcase:
Using a manila folder and some construction paper or cardstock, you will
construct a suitcase for your upcoming travel to that biome.
Outside of Manila Folder:
One side includes the 10 organisms, pictures of each, and the labeled trophic levels.
The other side includes the food web that includes 3 food chains.
Inside of Manila Folder:
One side will include the energy pyramid.
On the other side, you will make a minimum of 4 small pockets with the following labels and
place the corresponding information inside:
-Natural/Human Disaster, Toxic Pollutants, Carrying Capacity, Five Relationship
Examples