Environments

Today we're going to keep looking at how factors in the environment influence which animals and plants can live there. We are also going to start talking about food chains. Complete the following in your books:

1. What environmental factors does a crocodile need to survive?
2. Do plants all need the same soil pH or different ones? Give an example of the preferred soil pH for one plant type:
3. Which three resources do plants compete for?
4. What does a food chain show?
5. Draw a food chain with at least two animals and one plant.
6. Which way do the arrows point in a food chain?
7. What things are at the base of all food chains? Where does all the energy for food chains come from?
8. Is these organisms  producers or consumers?
9. Try this game (you'll get an achievement point if you complete all the questions and finish this!). What is the name for all the food chains in an ecosystem?