Write an essay about a specific organism that is endangered or threatened and the reason for its declining population. Include any efforts made to protect and conserve this organism.

Questions to Consider:

- Describe the organism: What does the organism eat? Where does it live?

- What caused the organism to become endangered of threatened?

- Have there been any conservation efforts to help restore and preserve the species?

- How is the organismi doing in the present and what do experts think about the future of the organism?

 

Write at least 200 words.

The Mayflower Compact: In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic...for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.

 

- What is the climate of the biome?

- Where can the biome be found?

- What biogeochemical cycles occur in this biome?

- Are there any reservoirs for the nutrients?

- Where can the nutrients be found and what processes do they go through as they transition to a different reservoir?