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Living Things and Habitats

You are a junior ecologist investigating a patch of Australian eucalypt woodland after rain. Read the field note and complete the questions. Use evidence from the information provided.

Field note: life in the woodland

A habitat is the place where an organism lives. It provides resources and conditions that help it survive. Living things need water and nutrients or food; animals also need air. Plants use light to make food. Organisms may also need shelter and a suitable temperature. In this woodland, a eucalyptus tree grows in the sunlight. A koala eats eucalyptus leaves and rests in tree forks. Bees visit flowers for nectar and carry pollen between flowers. Small insects shelter beneath loose bark, and birds eat some of these insects. Fungi grow on a fallen log, breaking down dead material and returning nutrients to the soil. After rain, water collects in a shallow puddle where insects may drink. The organisms are connected: changes to one part of the habitat can affect others.

1.Which option identifies a living organism from the field note and gives evidence that it is living?
  • The puddle, because it changes size after rain
  • The koala, because it eats and grows
  • The fallen log, because it provides shelter
  • The soil, because it contains nutrients
2.Select the two resources that the bees obtain from flowers in the field note.
  • Nectar and pollen
  • Bark and shelter
  • Water and soil
  • Leaves and fungi
3.Match each organism to the habitat feature or resource it uses, as described in the field note.
  • Koala
  • Fungi
  • Small insects
  • Bees
  • Space beneath loose bark
  • Tree fork and eucalyptus leaves
  • Fallen log
  • Flower nectar
4.True or false: Fungi help return nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead material.
TrueFalse
5.Complete the sentence: Plants use energy from to make food.
6.Explain one way the eucalyptus tree provides a resource or shelter for another organism in this woodland.
7.Using the field note, identify one non-living part of the habitat and describe how it could help a living thing survive.
8.Imagine the fallen log is removed. Predict one possible effect on another organism described in the field note, and explain why.
9.A student says, “Every living thing gets its food by eating another organism.” Is this accurate? Use the field note to support your answer.
10.Choose one organism from the field note. Name one feature or behaviour that helps it survive in this habitat, and explain how it helps.

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  • Living Things and Habitats, page 1 of 3: Field note: life in the woodland

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  • Living Things and Habitats, page 2 of 3: 4. True or false: Fungi help return nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead material.

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  • Living Things and Habitats, page 3 of 3: 10. Choose one organism from the field note. Name one feature or behaviour that helps it…

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