10 LABORATOKY STUDIES UPON TYPIC ANIMALS 



1. Is the environment of this animal — 



(1) Aquatic, 



(2) Terrestrial, 



(3) Subterranean, 



(4) Arboreal, 



(5) Aerial, or 



(6) Some combination of these? 



2. Change its environment from to 



How would this change affect its — 



(1) Structure, 



(2) Food, 



(3) Enemies, 



(4) Dispersal, 



(5) Barriers, 



(6) Locomotion, and 



(7) Covering? 



3. Organic Forces (animals and plants). 



(1) What influence upon this animal has a scanty vege- 



tation? An abundant vegetation? 



(2) What influences have animals of the same kind? Of 



different kinds? 



4. Aqueous Forces. Influence upon this animal of rain, 

 snow, sleet, hail, or ice? 



5. Atmospheric Forces. Influences of the direction and 

 velocity of winds? 



6. Igneous Forces. Influences of the varying temperature 

 from day to day and from month to month? During what 

 months is this animal most active? Least active? 



7. Weather. Influence of such weather as to-day on this 

 animal? 



8. Climate. Influence of this temperate climate on this 

 animal? 



9. Make a Hst— 



(1) Of all the environment factors that favor this 



animal. 



(2) Of those that are unfavorable to it. 



10. State briefly your estimate of the influence of environ- 

 ment, past and present, on this animal. 



