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Title: Ecosystems and Food Chain


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Ecosystems and Food Chain
  • Standard
  • S4L1. Students will describe the roles of
    organisms and the flow of energy within an
    ecosystem.
  • S4L2. Students will identify factors that affect
    the survival or extinction of organisms such as
    adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation),
    and external features (camouflage and
    protection).

2
Essential Questions
  • What is an Ecosystem?

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What is an ecosystem?
  • An ecosystem refers to all the animals and plants
    found in one place, and the way they all live
    together.
  • Different plants and animals live in different
    ecosystems.
  • Different ecosystems can be close together.
  • Some animals belong to several ecosystems.

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What is an environment?
  • Everything that affects an animal makes up its
    environment - where it lives, the weather and all
    the living things it comes into contact with.
  • Every living thing, including people, has an
    effect upon the environment.

6
Animal Adaptation
  • All living things have to be suited to their
    environment if they are to survive.
  • Fish have streamlined bodies, fins and specially
    shaped tails to help them move quickly and easily
    through the water.
  • Squirrels have sharp, strong claws for gripping
    tree trunks and branches and strong teeth for
    eating nuts.

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How is the seal adapted to its environment?
Streamlined shape.
Forward-facing eyes for clear vision ahead.
Strong teeth to catch fish.
Flippers to help it swim.
Thick layer of body fat to keep it warm.
Hind legs have evolved into a a strong
rudder-like tail.
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Homes and Habitats
  • The place where an animal lives is called its
    habitat.
  • An animal lives where it can find food, water,
    shelter and a mate.

9
Living things
  • All living things (organisms) need food
    (nourishment) to live.
  • Living things in an ecosystem depend on each
    other for food.

10
Carnivores
  • Some animals, like the kingfisher, eat only other
    animals. These animals are called carnivores.

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Herbivores
  • Some animals do not eat other animals. They
    survive on plants and are known as herbivores.

12
Omnivores
  • Some animals, like us, eat both plants and
    animals.
  • These animals are called omnivores.

13
Consumers
  • Consume means eat.
  • Animals are consumers because they eat
    (consume) food provided by plants or other
    animals.

14
Producers
  • Plants are living organisms. They need
    nourishment to survive.
  • But
  • Plants do not eat other plants or animals.
  • Plants are called producers, because they make
    their own food inside themselves.

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Predator
  • A predator eats other animals.

Cats eat fish.
So do bears!
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Predator
  • The cat is a predator, because it eats other
    animals.
  • The bear is a predator, because it eats other
    animals.
  • People are predators too!

17
Prey
  • Any animal which is hunted and killed by another
    animal for food is prey.

Predator
Prey
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Match the predator to its prey.
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Predators and Prey
Some animals are predators, some are prey - some
are both.
The predator eats the prey, and the prey gets
eaten by the predator.
20
Food Chains
  • A food chain shows what is eaten.

The fly is eaten by the thrush.
21
Food Chains
  • A food chain shows what is eaten.

The lettuce is eaten by the rabbit.
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Food chains always start with a plant.
The lettuce is eaten by the slug, the slug is
eaten by the bird.
23
Food Chains - a Reminder
  • A food chain shows which animals eat other
    animals or plants.
  • Plants dont eat things.
  • A food chain starts with what gets eaten and the
    arrows point towards what does the eating.
  • Food chains only go in one direction.

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Where do the arrows point?
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The top of the food chain.
Some animals are said to be at the top of the
food chain. This is because they are not hunted
by other animals.
No other animal hunts the lion. The lion is at
the top of the food chain. Can you think why?
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Food Webs
  • In the wild, animals may eat more than one thing,
    so they belong to more than one food chain.
  • To get the food they need, small herbivores may
    eat lots of different plants, and carnivores may
    eat many different animals.

27
Food Webs
  • We can show this by using a food web, which is
    just a more complicated version of a food chain.

fox
owl
rabbits
mice
grass
berries
seeds
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Breaking the Chain
  • Organisms living in a habitat depend on each
    other.
  • If one part of a food chain dies out or is
    greatly reduced, the consumers have to find
    alternative food, move away, or starve.
  • This then affects more consumers in the same way.

29
Endangered or Extinct?
  • The number of people in the world is growing at
    an alarming rate.
  • But this is not true for all animals.
  • In some cases, there are only a few of one type
    of animal left in the wild.
  • These animals are endangered.
  • If they die out completely, they become extinct.

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Why does this happen?
  • There are lots of reasons why animals become
    endangered or extinct.
  • The most common are
  • loss of habitat (woodlands cut down, rivers
    drying up, hedgerows removed).
  • chemicals or pollution poison the animals.
  • hunting (for sport, their fur, tusks or meat).

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Caring for the Environment
  • It is in our own best interests to look after the
    world we live in.
  • If a habitat is lost or damaged, it has an effect
    on everything else, even if we do not see or
    understand it straight away.
  • Remember - once something becomes extinct, its
    gone forever!
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