Write a summary describing your invented marine organism. This information may be presented in either report or presentation format and must include the following:
The name and type of organism (plant, animal, bacterium, protozoan, or fungus) (2 points)
• What other species the organism is most closely related to (Your species is fictional, but what real species is it
most like?) (2 points)
• What ocean zone the organism lives in, including a description of the ecosystem (include temperature,
pressure, and light) (2 points)
• The population the organism lives in (How many organisms typically live together?) (2 points)
• Two adaptations the organism has, and how they help it survive in its environment (3 points)
• An example of an environmental or pathogenic factor that poses a risk to the organism, and why it is a risk (3
points)
• The most challenging part of surviving for the organism, and a prediction as to how it might adapt in the future
in response (3 points)