AP
Biology
Complete
the following activities at your own pace while at the zoo. To prove that you
were at each area, you must take a picture with an animal from the areas- so
you should have 7 pictures total (yes they can be group pics).
The pictures can be turned in with your assignment! If you are going on your
own- you need to also have the receipt turned in with your work.
Walk through the Reptile House,
visit the Tortoises and Reptile Mesa.
Find and list the name of a snake that can spray
venom.
List 3 characteristics of the Komodo Dragon.
List 3 venomous reptiles here.
What 5 characteristics do reptiles have in common?
What biome would you find each of these in?
What are 2 social behaviors of reptiles?
Where do tortoises fall in a food chain?
Walk through
Where do these animals fall in a food chain?
Pick one of the animals here. Describe it’s niche.
How do these animals effect
their ecosystems?
What biomes do they live in?
How are fishing cats adapted to their environment?
How do pythons climb trees?
How has the Indo Chinese Tiger become endangered?
What is the only living relative of the giraffe?
Walk through the Primate Mesa.
List 5 members in this exhibit and the biome
that they belong in.
What types of interactions between primates and
other animals are there? List 3 examples.
Pick one primate. Observe it for 5 continuous
minutes and record its behavior in a chart. DO NOT TEASE OR THROW ANYTHING AT
IT!!
Back at home, look up animal behaviors in CH. 51.
Pick 3 behaviors that you observed and describe them.
Observe the various birds.
How are birds adapted to the many biomes and niches
they occupy?
Why is bird migration such a problem when trying to
study bird populations? Why do they migrate?
What are some defenses against predators that these
birds have?
What are some hunting skills the birds of prey have?
Where are Harpey Eagles
found?
Explain how Condors fly.
Walk along the
What endangered species are along this path? What is
the difference between endangered and threatened?
Why is biodiversity so important?
Look at the Bornean Binturoung Bear Cat. What do you think of it?
What are some characteristics of macaques?
Describe typical Panda behavior.
How can these animals live in
How are Siberian Reindeer unique?
Walk along the pathway.
What trophic level do
these animals fall into?
What does their diet consist mainly of?
What biomes would you find these animals in?
What type of adaptations have some of these animals
made to survive??
What are the populations of these animals dependent
upon?
Do these animals tend to travel along or together?
Why?
How are peccaries different from pigs?
What is a Takin? What are
they related to?
Elephant
Walk
through the mesa.
What
is the gestation period for the black rhino?
What
are some defense mechanisms of these animals?
Choose
one animal and watch it for 5 minutes. Record it’s
behavior on a chart. From Ch. 51, look up what type of social behaviors they
are displaying.