🌿 Part 1: Understanding Food Web Disruption

1. What is habitat loss?

When animals move to new areas

When natural environments are destroyed or changed

When food webs become more complex

When new species are introduced

2. Which of these are examples of habitat loss in Australia? (Select all that apply)

Clearing eucalyptus forests for farming

Building roads through rainforests

Planting native trees

Draining wetlands for development

3. When a key species is removed from a food web, what happens to the ecosystem?

Nothing changes

Other species populations are affected

The ecosystem becomes stronger

Only plants are affected

4. Fill in the blanks: Energy flows through food webs from _____________ to _____________ to _____________.

Word bank: producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers

🐨 Part 2: Australian Case Study

5. Imagine a Queensland rainforest food web with these organisms: eucalyptus trees → koalas → dingoes. If the eucalyptus trees are cut down for development, explain what would happen to the koala and dingo populations.

6. Name two invasive species in Australia and explain how ONE of them disrupts native food webs.

7. Draw and label a simple food web showing how deforestation affects at least 4 organisms. Use arrows to show energy flow and mark which species would be most affected.

💡 Part 3: Solutions and Reflection

8. List three actions people could take to reduce the impact of habitat loss on Australian ecosystems.

9. Why are food webs important for ecosystem health? Explain using scientific language.

10. Extension: Research a local threatened Australian species. How has habitat loss affected its position in the food web? What conservation measures could help?