Biodiversity is the range of different living species that live in a place.

An adaptation is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place.

Extinction is the permanent loss of a species.

Conservation is the process of protecting biodiversity and the environment.

Animals are adapted for their environment

Science

Interdependence within ecosystems

Pyramids of number

Pyramids of biomass

Plants are adapted for their environment

Ecological sampling of living organisms

Ecological sampling using a quadrat

Conserving biodiversity

Pupils will learn about biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem, measuring population size, interdependence and competition in ecosystems, how changes in biotic and abiotic factors affect communities, the cycling of carbon and water, and the role of microorganisms in cycling materials through ecosystems.

Pupils learnt about interdependence in ecosystems, covering food webs and food chains along with predator-prey relationships. The effect of the use of pesticides on organisms such as pollinating insects and top predators through bioaccumulation.

This unit examines environmental changes and their impact on species' survival and adaptation, potentially leading to extinction. It also develops skills for interpreting data and observations, evaluating errors, and using SI units and IUPAC chemical nomenclature in scientific contexts.

Biodiversity

stores fat which can be used to provide water

Match the physical adaptations with how they help the animal to survive.

Which of these adaptations are behavioural?

Animals that are active at night are called?

When organisms travel to new places to feed or breed.

When organisms are dormant in cold winter months.

Which of the following are causing biodiversity loss?

How can humans can help to conserve animals?

The process of protecting biodiversity and the environment.

The place where an organism lives. It provides food, shelter and water

the range of different living species that live in a place.

What do animals need from their environment?

Sam: Adaptations are where an animal chooses to have a feature that help them.

Alex: Adaptations are features that help an organism survive.

Jun: Animals can move to new areas to survive so they don't need to adapt.

it has a swollen stem that contains water

How is this cactus adapted for the desert environment?

Having waxy leaves in an example of a {{}} adaptation.

Animals are adapted for their environment

Lesson outcome