If you thing about your garden, what will you find there
You will find different animals and plants (which are living things) and also soil and rocks and water (which are non-living).
These places where there is an interaction (working together) between the living and the non-living things is called an 'ecosystem'.
- Watch the video and answer the questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1X-WpfUvm4
- What is an environment?
- Why will an organism need an environment?
- Which parts form the living part of the ecosystem?
- What is a habitat?
- How do living things depend on one another?
- What are the two main parts an ecosystem can be divided into?
- Give two examples of an aquatic ecosystem.
- What can cause changes in an ecosystem?
- How can an ecosystem be destroyed?
- What must humans take care of and why?
All over the world we find different types of ecosystems with specific types of plants and animals that live there. These are called 'Biomes'.
In a Biome, there will be a specific climate and soil and the plants and animals have adapted so that they can live here. for instance the plants and animals in a Desert Biome have adapted to live with little water.