🌿 Part 1: Living and Non-Living Parts

1. Look at the pictures below. Circle the living parts of an ecosystem:

Tui bird

Kauri tree

Rocks

Worms

Water

Ferns

2. What is an ecosystem?

Only the animals in an area

All the living and non-living things in an area that depend on each other

Only the plants in a forest

Just the weather in a place

3. Draw and label one living thing and one non-living thing you might find in a New Zealand forest ecosystem:

🔄 Part 2: Ecosystem Interactions

4. Match the interaction to the example by drawing lines:

Birds eating berries

Two birds fighting over a nest

Bees helping flowers make seeds

Plants growing towards sunlight

Competition

Getting food

Cooperation

Responding to environment

5. Fill in the blanks:

In an ecosystem, living things _____________ on each other and the _____________ around them. When one part changes, it can affect the _____________ ecosystem.

Word bank: depend, environment, whole

💭 Part 3: Thinking About Ecosystems

6. Describe one interaction you have seen in nature (e.g., in your garden, at the park, or on the school grounds):

Sentence starter: I have seen ________________________

7. What do you think would happen to a forest ecosystem if all the birds disappeared? Explain your thinking:

Sentence starter: If all the birds disappeared, I think ________________________

8. Why is it important to look after our ecosystems?

Sentence starter: It is important to look after ecosystems because ________________________

Ecosystem Beginnings Worksheet

Ecosystem Beginnings Worksheet

🌿 Part 1: Living and Non-Living Parts

🔄 Part 2: Ecosystem Interactions

💭 Part 3: Thinking About Ecosystems

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