Question 9
How a species fits into the desert ecosystem
Work in a group of three or four for this activity.
You are going to choose one species that lives in the desert. You could continue to think about the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, or you could choose a different desert.
Investigate how your species interacts with other organisms, and with the non-living things around it. You could choose one of the species mentioned in this topic, or a completely different species.
Use the internet and the library to find out as much as you can about your species. Concentrate especially on how your species interacts with other organisms, and with its environment. For example, you could try to find out:
• what it eats, and what eats it
• the habitat it lives in within the desert ecosystem
• how the species is adapted to survive in its habitat
• how its actions (other than feeding) affect other organisms, or non-living parts of the ecosystem
• how other organisms and non-living things affect it (other than feeding).
Use your information to make an illustrated poster or presentation that you can share with the rest of your class.
Work in a group of three or four for this activity.
You are going to choose one species that lives in the desert. You could continue to think about the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, or you could choose a different desert.
Investigate how your species interacts with other organisms, and with the non-living things around it. You could choose one of the species mentioned in this topic, or a completely different species.
Use the internet and the library to find out as much as you can about your species. Concentrate especially on how your species interacts with other organisms, and with its environment. For example, you could try to find out:
• what it eats, and what eats it
• the habitat it lives in within the desert ecosystem
• how the species is adapted to survive in its habitat
• how its actions (other than feeding) affect other organisms, or non-living parts of the ecosystem
• how other organisms and non-living things affect it (other than feeding).
Use your information to make an illustrated poster or presentation that you can share with the rest of your class.
