Name______________________________
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Ecology Powerpoint Presentation Requirements
Ecology of the Northeast marine estuary and rocky intertidal zone
Directions: After watching the present.me about ecology and the Northeast marine
estuary and rocky intertidal zone, pick one organism out of the list provided to do
research on. You must create a power point presentation that includes the following
information about ecology and your organism. Your project needs to be emailed to
me at jsweeney@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us by Friday May 24th. It will be out of 30
points. Please use your name and class color when saving and naming your
document.
Slide #1 – Title slide (2 pts)
 Your name ____
 Your class color _____
 Ecosystem of Rocky Intertidal Zone ____
 Picture of your organism _____
Slide #2 – Biotic and Abiotic factors (6 pts)
 A definition of biotic and abiotic factors _____
 Examples of biotic and abiotic factors in rocky intertidal zone _
 Explanation of how at least 1 biotic and 1 abiotic factor
interact with your organism _____
Slide #3 - Feeding relationships (6 pts)
 A description or definition of a food web ____
 A food web for your organism including at least 8 organisms ___
Slide #4 – Feeding relationships continued (6 pts)
 Definition of producer, consumer, decomposer ____
 A list of all of the producers shown in your food web ____
 A list of all of the primary consumers in your food web ____
 A list of all the secondary consumers in your food web ____
Slide #5 – Symbiosis (4 pts)
 Definition of Symbiosis ____
 Definition of the 3 types of symbiosis (mutualism,
commensalism, parasitism) and a picture of each ____
Slide #6 – Symbiosis continued (4 pts)
 An example (pictures) and an explanation of one type of
symbiosis that your organism has with another organism in
the rocky intertidal zone ____
Slide #7 – Bibliography (2 pts) ____
Total _________
Arthropods (pp. 370-378)
 Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
 Northern Lobster
 Northern Rock Barnacle
 Sand Shrimp
Mollusks (pp. 360-364)
 Bay Scallop
 Blue Mussel
 Common and Rough Periwinkles
 Channeled Whelk
 Eastern Oyster
 Hard-shelled Clam
 Long-finned Squid
 Northern Moon Snail
Echinoderms (pp. 380-383)
 Common Sea Star
 Purple Sea Urchin
Polychaetes (pp. 367-368)
 Clam Worm
Birds (pp. 428-435)
 Bufflehead
 Common Goldeneye
 Common Tern
 Double-crested Cormorant
 Great Black-backed Gull
 Herring Gull
 Laughing Gull
 Red-breasted Merganser
Fish (pp. 399-406)
 Alewife
 American Eel
 Atlantic Menhaden
 Atlantic Silverside
 Banded Rudderfish
 Bluefish
 Butterfish
 Common Mummichog
 Cunner
 Little Skate
 Northern Searobin
 Red Hake
 Sandtiger Shark
 Spiny Dogfish
 Striped Bass
 Summer Flounder
 Winter Flounder
Cnidarians (pp. 339-342)
 Lion's Mane Jellyfish
 Moon Jellyfish
 Orange Striped Sea Anemone
Porifera (pp. 336-338)
 Red-beard Sponge
 Boring Sponge, Sulfur Sponge
Ctenophores
 Common Southern Comb Jelly
 Sea Gooseberry
Tunicates
 Asian Stalked Sea Squirt
 Atlantic Rough Sea Squirt
Mammals (p. 436-444)
 Harbor Seal
Sea grasses
 Eelgrass
Algae (pp. 211-214)
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Phaeophyceans (Brown)
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Chlorophytes (Green)
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Rhodophytes (Red)