CHRISTIAN REEDEastern Wild Turkey/ Volvox

Eastern turkey volvox Phylum- chordata chlorophyta Class – aves

chlorophyceae Order – gallifornes volvocales Family- phasionidale volvocaceae Genus- Meleagris Volvox Species- gallopavo aureus

• Scientific name- Meteagris gallopava silvestris

• Common name- Eastern Wild Turkey

• Multicellular• Eukaryote, No cell wall• Omnivore- eats plants and

insects they scrape the ground for food

• Predators- fox, coyote, hunters• Facts- can run up to 12mph, can

fly up to 55mph, eggs laid once per day 8-20 days, Benjamin Franklin wanted them to be the national bird, they can swim

• Males between 2 ½-3 feet tall on average of 16lbs

• Females between 2eet tall on average 9-10lbs

• Flock from 5 to 50 range 1000 acres

Eastern Turkey continued • breed once a year• Average breeding age is 10

months male and females• Lay between 4-17 eggs• They’re consumer’s• Live in hardwoods,

softwoods, farmland and fields

• Eastern Temperature Deciduous forest- biome

• They’re able to fly and run from predators

• Learned to scavenge for food when it’s scarce

Range of wild Turkey’s

• Scientific name- Volvox aureus• Common name- Volvox• Unicellular• Eukaryote, has a cell wall• Autotroph • No predators• Facts- both sexual and asexual

reproduction, two flagella’s, considered one of the seven wonders of the micro world, freshwater algae, eye spots in the northern region

• The size usually 350 to 500 • Is a cluster organism• Reproduce once a year• Producer• Live in ponds, lakes, streams,

puddles• They’re programed death when

filled their function

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n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. "Pix For Wild Turkeys Strutting." Pix For Wild Turkeys Strutting. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. "Critter Catalog." BioKIDS. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2015 "Turkey Talk: Gobble-gobble." Military Hunting and Fishing. N.p., 10 Mar. 2014. Web. 13 May 2015.

questions 1. Can Turkey’s fly? 2. Can Turkey’s swim. 3. Does Volvox produce sexually or

asexually 4. How often do Volvox breed? 5. How often do Turkey’s breed?