Habitats, Food Chains + Webs, and Trophic Levels

What is a habitat?

• The type of weather that is in a specific area

• The type of food that animals eat

• A place where plants, animals, and organisms work and live together.

• How plants and animals reproduce in an environment

True or False: There are many different types of habitats, all with their own unique plants, animals, and organisms.

• True

• False

What is a community ?

• How we section off habitats.

• A human made environment for agricultural purposes

• How we divide land for people to live on.

• Different species living together, working together, and sharing resources.

Which of these is a way that communities work together?

• Sea otters eating sea urchins protecting kelp forests.

• A plant produces pollen, a bee comes and eats from the plant getting pollen on it and spreading the pollen to other plants, making more plants.

• A cat eats a mouse

• A human eats a cheeseburger and has a tummy ache.

Name the type of habitat that has two communities : Marine and Fresh

Name any other type of habitat.

Why are habitats important?

• Because Liz said so.

• Because they give animals and plants nothing.

• Because they give animals and plants a hard time, making them stronger

• Because the give animals and plants a place to live and thrive.

Why are natural communities important?

• Because they show how connected life is.

• Because they do not show how connected life is

• Because they put on fun activities for kids

• Because they give food to plants and animals

What does a food chain tell us?

• Who eats where

• Who eats who

• Who eats when

• Who eats how

Which food chain is correct?

• Sun->Rabbit->Plants -> Fox

• Fox ->Rabbit->Plants -> Sun

• Sun -> Plants-> Fox-> Rabbits

• Sun -> Plants -> Rabbit -> Fox