Ecosystem Parts and Interactions

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🌿 Part 1: Living and Non-Living Parts

1. An ecosystem is made up of living and non-living things. Circle the living things in this list:

Tui bird

Rock

Kauri tree

Water

Worm

Soil

2. What is an ecosystem? Choose the best answer:

Only the animals in an area

All living and non-living things in an area and how they depend on each other

Just the plants and trees

The weather in a place

3. Fill in the blanks with words from the box:

Word Box: living, non-living, ecosystem, interact

An _____________ has both _____________ things like plants and animals, and _____________ things like rocks and water. All these parts _____________ with each other.

🔄 Part 2: Ecosystem Interactions

4. Match each interaction to its example by drawing a line:

Competition

Cooperation

Helping the environment

Bees helping flowers by spreading pollen

Two birds fighting over the same berry bush

Worms making soil healthier for plants

5. What might happen if all the worms disappeared from a forest ecosystem?

Sentence starter: If all the worms disappeared, the soil would _________________ because _________________.

6. Name one living thing and one non-living thing you might find in a New Zealand pond ecosystem:

Living thing: _____________________

Non-living thing: _____________________

🤔 Part 3: Thinking About Ecosystems

7. Draw a simple ecosystem in the box below. Include at least 2 living things and 2 non-living things. Label each part.

8. Explain how one living thing in your drawing depends on one non-living thing:

Sentence starter: The _________________ needs _________________ because _________________.

9. Why do you think every part of an ecosystem is important? Give one reason:

Sentence starter: Every part of an ecosystem is important because _________________.

Ecosystem Parts and Interactions

Ecosystem Parts and Interactions

🌿 Part 1: Living and Non-Living Parts

🔄 Part 2: Ecosystem Interactions

🤔 Part 3: Thinking About Ecosystems

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