ScienceYears 7–8Biology

Ecology

Understand food chains, food webs, habitats and ecosystems; describe adaptations and interdependence

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a garden pond. 🐸 Tiny creatures, water plants, and a big fish all live together in one place.

  2. 2

    What is the name for all the living things and their home together?

  3. 3

    Build a food chain by dragging the living things into order: pondweed → tadpole → water boatman → heron.

  4. 4

    Let's think about what happens if all the tadpoles disappear from the pond. 🐸❌

  5. 5

    Drag the animals to show a simple food web in a meadow: grass → rabbit → fox AND grass → mouse → owl.

  6. 6

    In a food chain, which living thing always comes first?

  7. 7

    What happens to the fox if all the rabbits die?

Practise Ecology with Whizlo

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