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ECOQUEST
- Task
WEPA
want you to research one of the ecosystems named in the previous page and
produce a newsletter to be included in the Irish
Voice, a national newspaper. The newsletter must be four pages long
and contain information that is accurate, informative, graphical and
interesting. The work must be yours, and not simply copied and pasted from
different websites or books. Copying such
information is called plagiarism and is against the law. The
newsletter can be produced using Microsoft Publisher®. Your newsletter
must include but is not limited to:
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A
map showing where on the planet the ecosystem is found.
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What
the following terms mean in relation to ecology: habitat,
ecosystem, biome, biosphere, abiotic factors, biotic factors and food
chains & webs.
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Information
about the climate / weather conditions of the ecosystem and how it
affects the animals and plants that live there (use graphs
or charts outlining sunshine, rainfall,
wind speed etc.)
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Accurate
information about 4 plants that live there (include pictures)
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Accurate
information about 4 animals that live there (include pictures)
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10
interesting facts about the ecosystem.
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A
food chain containing 5 steps.
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A
food web of the ecosystem.
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The
environmental threats against the ecosystem.
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A
list of the resources used during you research.
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An
article from the editor entitled "The importance of the ecosystem
and how it can be preserved". This will be
your opinion of the importance of the selected ecosystem but based on
the information you have required during your research.
Click
here to see how you should carry out your task
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