what are the characteristics of different biomes and aquatic ecosystem?

1. Chapter 4: Lesson 3:
(PART ONE)

2. Environment
All the living and non-
living things around a
living thing.

3. Q) Identify the living and
non-living things in the
environments below.
Q) State why each living
thing lives in that specific
environment?

7. Why do living things live
in specific
environments?
Living things live in specific environments
because they can find:
1) Food,
2) Water and
3) Shelter they need.

8. Q) State how living things
interact with other living
and non-living things in
the following
environments.

11. Ecosystem
Made up of all the living and non-living
things that interact in an environment.

12. Organism
(1 animal or 1 plant)

13. Group of pandas

14. Group of deer

16. Population
A group of organisms of
the same kind living in
the same place.

17. Q) State how many
populations are there in
each picture.

18. 1

19. 3

20. 3

21. 0

22. Habitat
A place where an animal
lives and can find its
food, water and shelter it
needs.

23. Example:
Arctic fox lives in the tundra

24. Bulrush lives in a wetland.

25. Red squirrels lives in a woodland.

26. Most animals are adapted to live in one or
two environments only.
Example:
An adder cannot survive in the arctic for to
long.

27. Some animals are very adaptable.
Example:
• Red foxes (they are not fussy eaters and
have learned to live around humans)
• Red foxes can be found in woodlands,
fields or urban habitats.

28. Habitats can be as big as an ocean
or as small as a leaf

29. Example of habitats:
Woodland
(Home to: Deer, foxes, badgers, wood mice, wood
ants )
Badger
Wood mouse

30. Field/Meadow
(Home to: Butterflies, harvest mice, rabbit , mole ,
hedgehog)
Harvest mice
Mole

31. Tree
(Home to: Owls, dormice, moss, red squirrel)
Moss
dormice

32. Pond
(Home to: Frogs, dragonflies, pondweed, irises)
Pondweed Iris

33. Leaf
(Home to: Caterpillar, aphids)
AphidCaterpillar

34. Leaf litter/Pile
(Home to: Slug / woodlouse)
Slug Woodlouse

35. Underneath a log
(Home to:Woodlice, beetles, slugs, centipedes)
Beetles Centipedes

36. Under a rock
(Home to:Woodlice, beetles)
Beetles Woodlouse