Name____________________
Period__________
Extinction/Endangered Research Activity
Date____________
Instructions-For BOTH the Endangered and extinction section pick a different animal (from the last
100 years- NO dinosaurs) and answer the questions based on your chosen animal.
Part A= Endangered-Name your organism_________________________
1. Define Endangered. When did YOUR chosen animal make it onto the endangered species list?
2. a.) How low does the population drop to qualify as endangered? B.) Is it the same for all animals?
3. How many members of your organism’s population are still alive?
4. Describe their habitat, what trophic level they’d usually fit into and what type of heterotroph it is.
5. What has caused (be as specific as possible) your organism to become endangered?
6. What is currently being done to save the animal?
7. What do you think should also be done in addition?
8. Draw or cut/paste a picture of your endangered organism

Part B= Extinction-Name your organism____________________________
1. Define Extinction. When did your chosen animal become extinct?
2. a.) How is extinction different from mass extinction? B.) From the video, “Racing Extinction,” when is it projected the 6 th mass extinction could occur? C.) Do you personally think it is unavoidable? Why?
3. a.) When did your organism become extinct? B.) Does it have any remaining close relatives? C.) If so what are they?
4. Describe their habitat, what trophic level they used to fit into before extinction and what type of heterotroph it was.
5. What has caused (be as specific as possible) your organism to become extinct?
6. What was the impact to the economy and to the local environment when your organism went extinct?( what did it do to the other organisms in its ecosystem/habitat)
7. Draw or cut/paste a picture of your extinct organism