Coastal habitats and ecosystems
I can identify some threats to coastal habitats around the world and explain why these places matter to wildlife.
- Year 6
Coastal habitats and ecosystems
I can identify some threats to coastal habitats around the world and explain why these places matter to wildlife.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Coastal habitats and their unique ecosystems are under threat from human activity and climate change.
- Coastline settlements and industries impact on natural habitats affecting wildlife populations.
- River estuaries can be hot spots of pollution emptying into the oceans.
- Eco-tourism is a way of trying to redress environmental damage by focusing on outcomes beneficial for wildlife.
Keywords
Ecosystem - An ecosystem is a natural environment and the plants and animals live and interact within that environment
Habitat - Habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism
Pollution - Pollution is anything that makes the environment dirty or unhealthy
Organism - An organism is a living thing
Common misconception
Nature reserves or world heritage sites only apply to places on land.
Many coasts and underwater ecosystems are classed as Marine Protected Areas and are protected in the same way as nature reserves.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are advantages to being a maritime nation?
Q2.A coast is a strip of land made of rock, sand, mud or gravel, that meets the...
Q3.The UK is surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, Irish Sea, and the...
Q4.Order the processes that form a spit.
Q5.Sometimes a spit grows across a bay joining two . This is called a bar.
Q6.What forms behind a bar?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1. is a natural environment and the plants and animals live and interact within that environment.
Q2.Match the keyword to its definition.
