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habitats and their communities - Coggle Diagram
habitats and their communities
habitats
the place were an animal or plant lives
communities
a group of plants and animals that live together
ecosystems
a group of plants and animals in their envoirnment
adaptation
the way that a species has evolved to suit its environment
evolution
the way that a species has changed over time
food chains
A food chain shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature. Food chains begin with plant-life, and end with animal-life. Some animals eat plants, some animals eat other animals.
producer
Plants are called producers. This is because they produce their own food! They do this by using light energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to produce food - in the form of glucouse/sugar.
The process is called photosynthesis.
consumer
Animals are called consumers. This is because they cannot make their own food, so they need toconsume (eat) plants and/or animals.
There are 3 groups of consumers:
Herbivores - Animals that eat only plants.
Carnivores - Animals that eat only other animals. Meat eaters.
Omnivores - Animals that eat both plants and other animals.
decomposers
Bacteria and fungi are decomposers. They eat decaying matter - dead plants and animals and in the process they break them down and decompose them When that happens, they release nutrients and mineral salts back into the soil - which then will be used by plants!
key
a system for identifying organisms based on answering questions about the physical features of the organisms
quadrant
a square frame used for observing based on answering a number of small sample areas within a larger study areas