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WHAT’S AN ECOSYSTEM?

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Snake populationFrog population

The River is the habitat for:

ECOSYSTEMS It’s a combination between a habitat and its community of living things.Elements

Habitat Population Community

It’s the place where living things live.

It’s all the populations that live in the same habitat.

It’s the living things of the same species that live in the same habitat.

The river community

Different types of ecosystems

They have different characteristics: light, water, temperature and the type of soil.

Terrestrial ecosystems

Aquatic ecosystems

Moss population

Mediterranean forests

Deserts Rainforests North and South poles

Fresh water ecosystems

Salt water ecosystems

Food chain

Temperatures are mild.

It doesn’t rain a lot.

There are many plants and animals.

Mediterranean forests

Deserts

Rainforests

North and South poles

Terrestrial ecosystems

They are very hot and dry during the day and very cold at night.

It barely rains.

There aren’t many plants or animals.They are hot and wet.

It rains a lot.

Almost all the animals and plants live there.

They are very cold.

It snows a lot. There’s ice everywhere.

The animals are adapted to low temperatures.

They are rivers, ponds or lakes.

You can find animals, such as frogs, fish or snakes. And plants like moss, ferns or willow trees.

Fresh water ecosystems

Salt water ecosystems

Aquatic ecosystems

They are seas or oceans.

You can find animals, such as dolphins, starfish or octopus. And plants like algae or seaweeds.

river

pond

ocean

Food chain

Living things eat and are eaten. They need each other to obtain nutrients.

It’s made up of at least one producer, one consumer and one decomposer.

Producers

Consumers

Decomposers

They’re living things that produce their own food.

They’re living things that eat other living things.

Some eat plants (herbivores); others eat other animals (carnivores); and the last ones eat plants and animals (omnivores).

They’re living things that turn into nutrients the remains of living things that have died.

Willow treeAlgae

Deer

Frog

Mushroom

Amanita

Food chain

Producer

ConsumersDecomposers

The grass uses sunlight to transform water, minerals and carbon dioxide into food.

Consumers

The antelope eats the grass (herbivore).

The lion eats the antelope (carnivore).

Fungi turns into nutrient the remains of the lion when it dies.

Caring for ecosystems

Fire prevention.

Controlling housing developments.Making laws against dumping rubbish and chemical waste.

Helping damaged ecosystems to recover.

How are ecosystems damaged?Forest fires.

Air pollution.

Water pollution.

Housing developments.

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